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ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY REVIEW GUIDE
Echocardiography Review Guide
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By
Catherine Otto, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Cardiology Fellowship Programs, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Rebecca Schwaegler, RDCS, Cardiac Sonographer, Echocardiography Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Description
This review manual to accompany the Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography, widely considered the ultimate reference for learning and understanding echocardiography, is your clinical case companion for understanding the basics or for brushing up on your current techniques. Easy-to-follow procedures on using and interpreting echo appear in every chapter. This versatile volume is the ideal review for echocardiography exams and the diagnostic cardiac sonographer's exam.

Audience
Cardiologists and Residents

Contents
1 Principles of Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Doppler Analysis

2 Transthoracic Views, Anatomy, and Flow Patterns

3 Transesophageal Echocardiography

4 Other Echocardiographic Modalities

5 Clinical Indications and Quality Assurance

6 Left and Right Ventricular Systolic Function

7 Ventricular Diastolic Filling and Function

8 Ischemic Cardiac Disease

9 Cardiomyopathies, Hypertensive and Pulmonary Heart Disease

10 Pericardial Disease

11 Valvular Stenosis

12 Valvular Regurgitation

13 Prosthetic Valves

14 Endocarditis

15 Cardiac Masses and Cardiac ?Source of Embolus?

16 Diseases of the Great Vessels

17 The Adult with Congenital Heart Disease

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 368 pages, publication date: OCT-2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-2970-0
ISBN-10: 1-4160-2970-2
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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