The practice of clinical echocardiography. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Catherine M. Otto.
• Other Names: Otto, Catherine M
• Contents: Advanced echocardiographic techniques. Transesophageal echocardiography ; Monitoring Ventricular Function in the Operating Room: Impact on Clinical Outcome ; Contrast Ultrasound Imaging: Technical Aspects and Clinical Applications ; Three-Dimensional Echocardiography ; Echocardiographic guidance of structural heart disease interventions ; Intracardiac Echocardiography ; Intravascular ultrasound: Principles, histologic correlation and clinical applications ; Hand held echocardiography. -- The left ventricle. Quantitative evaluation of left ventricular structure, wall stress, and systolic function ; Myocardial mechanics: Velocity, strain, strain-rate, cardiac synchrony, and twist ; Assessment of diastolic function by echocardiography ; Digital image processing and automated image analysis in echocardiography. -- Ischemic heart disease. The role of echocardiographic evaluation in patients presenting with acute chest pain to the emergency department ; Echocardiography in the coronary care unit: Management of acute myocardial infarction, detection of complications and prognostic implications ; Exercise echocardiography ; Stress echocardiography with nonexercise techniques: Principles, protocols, interpretation, and clinical applications ; Echocardiographic Evaluation of Coronary Blood Flow: Approaches and Clinical Applications. -- Valvular heart disease. Mitral valve anatomy, quantification of mitral regurgitation, and timing of surgical intervention for mitral regurgitation ; Intraoperative echocardiography in surgical and transcatheter mitral valve repair ; Aortic valve regurgitation: quantitation of disease severity and timing of surgical intervention ; Echocardiography in the patient undergoing catheter balloon mitral valvotomy: patient selection, hemodynamic results, complications and long-term outcome ; Clinical decision-making in patients with infective endocarditis: the role of echocardiography ; Aortic stenosis: Disease severity, progression, timing of intervention, and role in monitoring transcatheter valve implantation ; Fluid dynamics of prosthetic valves ; Echocardiographic recognition and quantitation of prosthetic valve dysfunction. -- Cardiomyopathies and pericardial disease. Doppler echocardiography in heart failure and cardiac resynchronization ; Echocardiography in the evaluation and management of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ; Restrictive cardiomyopathy: diagnosis and prognostic implications ; Pericardial Disease ; Cardiac transplantation: pre and post transplant evaluation ; Cardiac assist devices: normal findings, device failure and weaning parameters. -- The right heart. Right ventricular anatomy, function and echocardiographic evaluation ; Echocardiographic evaluation of the patient with pulmonary hypertension ; Right sided valve disease. -- The pregnant patient. The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of heart disease in pregnancy. -- Vascular and systemic diseases. Aortic dissection and trauma: Value and limitations of echocardiography ; Echocardiographic findings in systemic diseases characterized by immune-mediated injury ; Echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac disease resulting from endocrinopathies, renal, disease, obesity and nutritional deficiencies ; Echocardiography in patients with inherited connective tissue disorders ; Aging changes seen on echocardiography ; Echocardiographic evaluation of the patient with a systemic embolic event ; The role of chocardiography in atrial fibrillation and flutter. -- Adult congenital heart disease and cardiac tumors. General echocardiographic approach to the adult with suspected congenital heart disease ; Echocardiographic evaluation of the adult with unoperated congenital heart disease ; Echocardiographic evaluation of the adult with post-operative congenital heart disease ; Cardiac tumors.
• Edition: 4th ed
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier/Saunders
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 942 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.1/207543; Echocardiography; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Diagnosis; Échocardiographie; Appareil cardiovasculaire -- Maladies -- Diagnostic; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Heart; MEDICAL -- Cardiology; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Echocardiography; Cardiovascular Diseases -- diagnostic imaging; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781455733798; 1455733792
• Related ISBNs: 9781437727654; 1437727654
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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