Case Based Echocardiography (eBook, PDF)

Fundamentals and Clinical Practice
Redaktion: Abraham, Theodore

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Echocardiography remains the most commonly used cardiac imaging modality in clinical care and is now considered an extension of the stethoscope with other physicians, such as interventional cardiologists and internists, often viewing and interpreting echocardiograms. Technology advances in echocardiography such as tissue Doppler/strain and 3D echocardiography have further extended its clinical scope, while cardiac imaging is rapidly extending beyond the heart with laboratories now incorporating various vascular imaging protocols as part of their clinical activity. Lastly, the emerging focus on continuing education and certification in echocardiography puts pressure on physicians to keep abreast of basic and new techniques in echocardiography Case-Based Echocardiography: Fundamentals And Clinical Practice has been developed to offer a succinct guide to the discipline, incorporating topics ranging from fundamental physical principles to important cardiac pathologies and novel technologies. It has been designed to provide this knowledge in a novel, condensed format, enabling easy and quick reference to topics and also enables its use in a bedside situation to enhance performance and interpretation of echocardiographic data. The content will also assist readers in preparing for competency tests in echocardiography such as the echocardiography boards. To give the reader the benefit of most meaningful and up-to-date content, Dr Abraham has assembled a group of renowned experts in echocardiography with substantial experience in various specific echocardiography technologies. The result is a compact yet highly informative clinical handbook that provides as much if not more knowledge than most textbooks with a significantly less investment of time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer London
• Seitenzahl: 349
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849961516
• Artikelnr.: 38363659

Autorenporträt

The authors are all internationally renowned experts in echocardiography and have considerable experience in training echocardiography staff in all aspects of best practice.

Inhaltsangabe

Physics & Artifacts. Physical basis ultrasound, cardiac imaging. Artifacts mistaken for cardiac pathology.- LV mass, volumes. Qualitative & quantitative determination of LV wall thickness, mass. Qualitative & quantitative determination of LV volumes.- LV function. Ejection fraction assessment.- M-mode. Common pathologies for M mode use.- Wall motion & stress. Assess regional wall motion. Normal, hypokinetic & akinetic wall motion. Wall motion analysis. Stress echocardiography protocols exercise; dobutamine; dipyridamole. Problem solving.- RV function assessment. Visual assessment of RV size, function. Tissue Doppler in RV assessment.- Valvular heart disease. Assessing valves. Mitral stenosis, regurgitation. Aortic stenosis, regurgitation. Pulmonary stenosis, regurgitation. Tricuspid stenosis, regurgitation. Multivalvular involvement: rheumatic disease; carcinoid; diet drugs. Prosthetic valve assessment. Infective endocarditis.- Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Protocol for TEE. Standard TEE views. TEE Limitations. Emergency applications of TEE:dissection etc. Methemoglobinemia & treatment.- Echo contrast. Contrast agents. Indications in clinical practice. Protocol for contrast use. Problems & resolution.- Cardiomyopathies. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Infiltrative cardiomyopathy. Dilated cardiomyopathy.- Tissue Doppler & clinical uses. Fundamentals, Tissue Doppler. Applications. How to do Tissue Doppler. Assessment of dyssynchrony. Strain imaging.- Diastolic function assessment.- Mitral inflow. Pulmonary vein flow. Tissue Doppler. Flow propogation velocity. Grades of diastolic dysfunction.- The pericardium. Pericardial effusion. Pericarditis. Tamponade physiology. Constriction V restriction physiology. Echo-guided pericardiocentesis.- Cardiac masses.- 3-D echocardiography. Principles. 3D images. Clinical situations, 3DE.- Adult congenital problems. VSD. ASD. Others.- Vascular imaging. Carotid intima media thickness. Brachial reactivity. Augmentation index.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"The intended audience includes sonographers and echocardiographers. ... Extensive topics ranging from the physics of echocardiography, to three-dimensional echocardiography, to the use of echocardiography to assess heart transplants are well covered. ... a wonderfully thorough resource for echocardiography board review. ... Readers who prefer an atlas or outline format you will find this to be an excellent resource for echocardiography. The topics it covers are important and wide-ranging, and the information is presented succinctly and with full-color, highly detailed, albeit small, images." (David J. Homan, Doody's Review Service, February, 2012)

"No heart specialist should be without this book, which expounds on advanced and sophisticated interpretation of echocardiographic data. Case Based Echocardiography liberally uses images and actual patient histories to teach the reader how to interpret echo results. Vital to any health-care professional who uses echocardiography in the daily course of their practice." (The Electric Review, October, 2012)

"This book ... is a collection of lecture notes around the echocardiography syllabus. ... find a home in the library of the larger echo department to be picked up when a brief text is required to address a particular case-based echo problem." (Guy Lloyd, Cardiology News, February/March, 2013)