This best-selling and highly-praised book provides a practical and clinically useful introduction to echo for those who will be using, requesting and possibly interpreting it in the future.
The book is aimed particularly at doctors in training and medical students. It has been proved of great use to other groups, including qualified physicians, general practitioners, cardiac technicians, nurses and paramedics. The author explains the echo techniques available, what an echo can and cannot give, and - importantly - puts echo into a clinical perspective. It is by no means intended as a complete textbook of echo and some aspects are far beyond its scope (e.g., complex congenital heart disease and paediatric echo).
The sections are ordered with the techniques most often used to diagnose a particular clinical problem explained first. The final chapter deals with special clinical situations and conditions.
Table of Contents1 What is echo?
- 1.1 Basic notions
- 1.2 Viewing the heart
- 1.3 Echo techniques
- 1.4 Normal echo
- 1.5 Who should have an echo?
- 1.6 Murmurs
2 Valves
- 2.1 Mitral valve
- 2.2 Aortic valve
- 2.3 Tricuspid valve
- 2.4 Pulmonary valve
3 Doppler - velocities and pressures
- 3.1 Special uses of Doppler
- 3.2 Continuity equation
4 Heart failure, myocardium and pericardium
- 4.1 Heart failure
- 4.2 Assessment of LV systolic function
- 4.3 Coronary artery disease
- 4.4 Cardiomyopathies and myocarditis
- 4.5 Diastolic function
- 4.6 Right heart and lungs
- 4.7 Long-axis function
- 4.8 Pericardial disease
- 4.9 Device therapy for heart failure - cardiac resynchronization therapy
5 Transoesophageal, 3-D and stress echo and other echo techniques
- 5.1 Transoesophageal echo
- 5.2 Stress echo
- 5.3 Contrast echo
- 5.4 Three-dimensional (3-D) echo
- 5.5 Echo in special hospital settings
6 Cardiac masses, infection, congenital abnormalities and aorta
- 6.1 Cardiac masses
- 6.2 Infection
- 6.3 Artificial (prosthetic) valves
- 6.4 Congenital abnormalities
- 6.5 Aorta
7 Special situations and conditions
- 7.1 Pregnancy
- 7.2 Rhythm disturbances
- 7.3 Stroke, TIA and thromboembolism
- 7.4 Hypertension and LVH
- 7.5 Breathlessness and peripheral oedema
- 7.6 Screening and follow-up echo
- 7.7 Advanced age
- 7.8 Echo abnormalities in some systemic diseases and conditions
- 7.9 Individuals with cancer
8 Performing and reporting an echo
Conclusions
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