Pocket Guide to Echocardiography (ePub)

With its easy accessibility, low cost, and ability to deliver,
essential bedside information about the cardiac structure and
function, echocardiography has become one of the most relied-upon
diagnostic tools in clinical medicine. As a result, more clinicians
than ever before must be able to accurately interpret
echocardiographic information in order to administer appropriate
treatment.

Based on the authors' experience teaching echocardiography
in busy clinical settings, this new pocketbook provides reliable
guidance on everyday clinical cardiac ultrasound and the
interpretation of echocardiographic images. It has been designed to
help readers develop a stepwise approach to the interpretation of a
standard transthoracic echocardiographic study and teach how to
methodically gather and assemble the most important information
from each of the standard echocardiographic views in order to
generate a complete final report of the study performed.

What's included:

* A summary of TTE examination protocol and a
comprehensive listing of useful formulas and normal values

* Atrial and ventricular dimensions, LV and RV
systolic function, LV diastolic patterns

* Echocardiographic findings in the most commonly
encountered cardiac diseases and disorders, including various
cardiomyopathies, cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis,
valvular heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, infective
endocarditis, and congenital heart disease

* Companion website with video clips and over 70
self-assessment questions

Packed with essential information and designed for quick look-up,
this pocketbook will be of great assistance for anyone who works in
busy clinical settings and who needs a ready and reliable guide to
interpreting echocardiographic information to help deliver optimal
patient care.