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Case Based Echocardiography
First book to cover practically the explosion in new echocardiography technologiesCovers the day-to-day aspects of echocardiography practiceIncludes details of vascular imaging reflecting the current towards a more integrated cardiovascular approachThe book will provide a case-based introduction/primer to the practice of echocardiography with liberal use of images and actual patient histories. The reader will be able to gain extensive practical knowledge of the practice of echocardiography with the use of these case reports. These will concentrate on the skills necessary to increase specialist knowledge of echocardiography practice.Table of ContentsPhysics and ArtifactsA brief explanation of the physical basis of ultrasound in cardiac imagingExamples of common artifacts that are mistaken for cardiac pathologyLV mass and volumesQualitative and quantitative determination of LV wall thickness and massQualitative and quantitative determination of LV volumesLV functionCommonly used techniques for ejection fraction assessmentM-mode in modern echocardiographyExamples of common pathologies where M mode may still be used in modern echocardiographyWall motion and stress echocardiographyHow to assess regional wall motionExamples of normal, hypokinetic and akinetic wall motionUse of wall motion analysis in stress echocardiographyCommon stress echocardiography protocols – exercisedobutaminedipyridamoleProblem solving during stress echocardiographyRV function assessmentVisual assessment of RV size and functionTissue Doppler in RV assessmentValvular heart diseaseGeneral principles in assessing valvesMitral stenosis and regurgitationAortic stenosis and regurgitationPulmonary stenosis and regurgitationTricuspid stenosis and regurgitationMultivalvular involvement:rheumatic diseasecarcinoiddiet drugsProsthetic valve assessmentInfective endocarditisTransesophageal echocardiography (TEE)Protocol for TEEStandard TEE viewsLimitations of TEE (when not to do TEE)Emergency applications of TEE: dissection etcMethemoglobinemia and treatmentUse of echo contrast in routine practiceCommon contrast agentsIndications in clinical practiceProtocol for contrast useCommon problems and how to resolve themCardiomyopathiesHypertrophic cardiomyopathyInfiltrative cardiomyopathyDilated cardiomyopathyTissue Doppler and its clinical usesFundamentals of tissue DopplerApplications in clinical practiceHow to do tissue DopplerAssessment of dyssynchronyStrain imaging in briefDiastolic function assessmentMitral inflowPulmonary vein flowTissue DopplerFlow propogation velocityGrades of diastolic dysfunctionThe pericardiumPericardial effusionPericarditisHow to determine if there is tamponade physiologyConstriction versus restriction physiologyEcho-guided pericardiocentesisCardiac massesThree-dimensional echocardiographyPrinciplesHow to acquire 3D imagesCommon clinical situations to use 3DE.Common adult congenital problemsVSD.ASD.OthersVascular imagingCarotid intima media thicknessBrachial reactivityAugmentation index
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