Practice of Clinical Echocardiography

Part 1. 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
Part 2. 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
Part 3. 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
Part 4. 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

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