Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. A practical, visual, authoritative quick-reference guide to mastering echocardiography The most efficient and thorough way to learn echocardiography is visually. By seeing and comparing different variations of important echo findings, you shorten the learning process and build retention at the same time. Covering the essential techniques, standards, and cardiac disorders you need to know, Practical…mehr
Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. A practical, visual, authoritative quick-reference guide to mastering echocardiography The most efficient and thorough way to learn echocardiography is visually. By seeing and comparing different variations of important echo findings, you shorten the learning process and build retention at the same time. Covering the essential techniques, standards, and cardiac disorders you need to know, Practical Echocardiography for Cardiac Sonographers is an innovative guide that takes you step by step through the scanning process in different disorders, helps you accurately interpret and clinically apply echocardiographic information, describes the physics of ultrasound in easy-to-understand language, and covers common and rare relevant cardiac conditions. Formatted in a way that makes finding the right answers quick and easy, Echocardiography for Cardiac Sonographers delivers comprehensive fully rounded, interactive education that will get you up to speed on this critically important discipline in no time. This comprehensive guide covers: * Heart Failure * Coronary Artery Disease * Aortic Valve Disease * Mitral valve Disease * Prosthetic Valves * Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy * Pericardial Disease * Endocarditis * Cardiac Tumors and Masses * Pulmonary Disorders * Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valves * Aorta and Congenital Heart Disorders * StrokeHinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Daniel Shindler, MD FACC is Professor of Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, and Governor, New Jersey Chapter American College of Cardiology. Olga Shindler, MD is President, Mobile Cardiac Ultrasound, East Brunswick, NJ Alicia Wright, RDCS is a cardiac sonographer at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
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Table of Contents Introduction 1. Physics of ultrasound 2. Imaging cardiac anatomy 3. Principles of Doppler 4. Echocardiographic measurements 5. Echocardiographic calculations 6. Echocardiographic instrument settings 7. Contrast ultrasound 8. Bubble physics and instrument settings 9. Tissue Doppler 10. Myocardial strain 11. Point of care ultrasound 12. Transesophageal imaging 13. Intracardiac and transcranial ultrasound 14. Vascular ultrasound 15. Left ventricular function 16. Diastology 17. Coronary artery disease 18. Wall motion abnormalities 19. Exercise stress testing 20. Pharmacologic stress testing 21. Myocardial perfusion 22. Complications of myocardial infarction 23. Systemic hypertension 24. Pulmonary disorders 25. Pulmonary hypertension 26. Evaluation of dyspnea 27. Valvular heart disease 28. Aortic stenosis 29. Aortic regurgitation 30. Mitral regurgitation 31. Mitral and tricuspid stenosis 32. Tricuspid regurgitation 33. Pulmonic valve regurgitation 34. Pulmonic valve stenosis 35. Heart failure 36. Cardiomyopathies 37. Dilated cardiomyopathy 38. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 39. Infiltrative cardiomyopathy 40. Disorders of the aorta 41. Aortic aneurysm 42. Aortic dissection 43. Endocarditis 44. Pericardial diseases 45. Pericardial effusion and tamponade 46. Pericardial constriction 47. Preoperative clearance 48. Atrial fibrillation and flutter 49. Imaging in structural heart disease 50. Cardiac tumors and masses 51. Cardio oncology 52. Imaging in the stroke patient 53. Imaging in rheumatological disorders 54. Imaging in the intensive care unit 55. Imaging in the emergency room 56. Imaging the elderly patient 57. Pregnancy 58. Pediatric imaging 59. Congenital heart disease 60. Atrial septal defects 61. Ventricular septal defects 62. Transposition of the great vessels 63. Congenital disorders of the tricuspid valve 64. Nomenclature in congenital heart disorders 65. Postoperative congenital heart disease 66. The stethoscope in echocardiography 67. The electrocardiogram in echocardiography 68. The chest x-ray 69. CT scan of the chest 70. MRI imaging of the heart 71. Internet resources 72. Guidelines References
