The Ultimate Echo Guide

by Roldan, Carlos A.

• ISBN13: 9780781747493
• ISBN10: 078174749X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-08
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This practical guide is designed to provide a complete echocardiography consultation in an easy, fast, and succinct manner. You will find essential information for a range of commonly encountered pathologies. Discussions of each echo technique (M-mode, 2-D, Doppler TTE, and TEE) include best imaging planes, diagnostic methods, diagnostic formulas, key diagnostic features, data on accuracy and prognosis, and alerts to potential pitfalls. In The Ultimate Echo Guide you'll discover... . Concise, straightforward text with bullet points allows you to access key information at a glance--a great time-saver for the busy clinician. . Specific applications address the use of echo in the pregnant patient, echo parameters of poor prognosis, echo parameters indicating surgical and non-surgical intervention, intraoperative echo, and follow-up. . Informative tables provide summary information for diagnostic methods, diagnostic accuracy, disease stratification, prognostic indicators, parameters indicating surgical or non-surgical intervention, and follow-up. . Practical content concentrating on information needed for daily or routine echocardiographic performance and interpretation. . More than 260 oversized high-resolution illustrations display the anatomy at actual size to enhance diagnostic features. The Ultimate Echo Guide is also available electronically for PDAs. See PDA listing for details.

Table of Contents

Contributing Authors	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
The Normal Color Doppler Echocardiogram	1	(24)
Carlos A. Roldan
Coronary Artery Disease	25	(15)
Carlos A. Roldan
Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction	40	(16)
William A. Zoghbi
Juan Carlos Plana
Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction	56	(15)
Robert A. Taylor
Pulmonary Hypertension and Cor Pulmonale	71	(14)
Anita Kedia
Carlos A. Roldan
Mitral Regurgitation	85	(15)
Phoebe A. Ashley
Carlos A. Roldan
Mitral Stenosis	100	(12)
Carlos A. Roldan
Aortic Regurgitation	112	(12)
Carlos A. Roldan
Aortic Valve Sclerosis and Aortic Valve Stenosis	124	(11)
Kirsten Tolstrup
Carlos A. Roldan
Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valve Disease	135	(12)
Dara K. Lee
Carlos A. Roldan
Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction	147	(10)
Michael H. Crawford
Common Adult Congenital Heart Diseases	157	(17)
Carlos A. Roldan
Infective Endocarditis	174	(15)
Carlos A. Roldan
Intracardiac Masses and Systemic Embolism	189	(15)
Gerald A. Charlton
Diseases of the Aorta	204	(17)
Robert J. Siegel
Takashi Miyamoto
Pericardial Diseases	221	(16)
Carlos A. Roldan
Subject Index	237