Ideally suited for those clinicians who have already mastered basic principles, The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, 6th Edition, provides expert guidance on interpreting echocardiographic images and Doppler flow data. Through practical, clear, and carefully edited content, world-renowned expert Dr. Catherine M. Otto and her team of more than 65 leaders in echocardiography demonstrate how to apply advanced knowledge to daily clinical decision making. Newly reorganized sections cover advanced principles for the echocardiographer, best practices for echocardiography laboratories, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, intraoperative and interventional echocardiography, and point-of-care cardiac ultrasound.
Provides an in-depth, clear, and concise review of the latest clinical applications of echocardiography with an advanced level of discussion, now thoroughly updated with new clinical knowledge, new treatments and guidelines, the latest evidence, and innovations in advanced echocardiographic imaging
Reviews the technical aspects of data acquisition and analysis with an emphasis on outcomes
Covers key topics such as transcatheter interventions for valvular heart disease, prosthetic valve dysfunction, the athletic heart, cardiac assist devices, cardio-oncology, heart disease in pregnancy, advanced 3D echocardiography, strain imaging, stress echocardiography, and much more
Includes updated illustrations throughout—nearly 1,000 echocardiograms, Doppler tracings, anatomic drawings, and flow charts for diagnostic approaches—as well as hundreds of echo video clips keyed to images in the text
Discusses limitations, pitfalls, and alternate approaches
Features chapter summary boxes with new “Quick Reviews” and a practical approach to echocardiographic data acquisition, measurement, and interpretation
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access bonus images plus all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
Section 1: ADVANCED PRINCIPLES FOR THE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHER 1. 3D Echocardiographic Image Acquisition, Display, and Analysis 2. Principles of Myocardial Mechanics and Strain Imaging 3. Contrast Echocardiography 4. Quantitative Analysis of Left Ventricular Anatomy and Systolic Function 5. Left Ventricular Diastolic Function 6. Right Ventricular Anatomy and Function
Section 2: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY BEST PRACTICES 7. Diagnostic Echocardiography Laboratory: Structure, Standards, and Quality Improvement 8. The Comprehensive Diagnostic Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiogram 9. Intraoperative Echocardiography 10. Interventional Echocardiography 11. Focused Cardiac Ultrasound at the Bedside
Section 4: ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE 19. Stress Echocardiography for Detecting Coronary Ischemia 20. Non-exercise Stress Echocardiography for Diagnosis of Coronary Disease 21. Role of Echocardiography in Patients with an Acute Coronary Syndrome
Section 5: VALVULAR HEART DISEASE 22. Aortic Stenosis (Including Evaluation for TAVI) 23. Aortic Regurgitation 24. Mitral Regurgitation 25. Transesophageal Echocardiography for Surgical Repair of Mitral Regurgitation 26. Transcatheter mitral valve repair: role of echocardiography in patient selection, procedural guidance, and evaluation of outcomes 27. Mitral Stenosis 28. Right-Sided Valve Disease in Adults 29. Endocarditis 30. Fluid Dynamics of Prosthetic Valves 31. Echocardiographic Recognition and Quantitation of Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction
Section 6: VASCULAR AND SYSTEMIC DISEASES 32. Acute Aortic Syndromes 33. Inherited Connective Tissue Disorders 34. Hypertensive Heart Disease and Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders 35. The Athletic Heart on Echocardiography 36. Pulmonary Hypertension 37. Systemic Diseases Characterized by Immune-Mediated Injury 38. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Patients with a Systemic Embolic Event 39. Echocardiography in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter
Section 7: ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE and THE PREGNANT PATIENT 40. Heart Disease in Pregnancy 41. Congenital Shunts 42. Left Heart Anomalies 43. Right Heart Anomalies 44. Complex Conotruncal Anomalies Including Tetralogy of Fallot 45. Transposition of the Great Arteries 46. Single Ventricles
Catherine M. Otto, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Heart, J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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