The Echo Manual 3 Ed

Thoroughly updated for its Third Edition, this best-selling manual is a practical guide to the performance, interpretation, and clinical applications of echocardiography. The Echo Manual is written by recognized authorities at the Mayo Clinic and provides a concise, user-friendly summary of techniques, diagnostic criteria, and quantitative methods for both echocardiography and Doppler echocardiography. Discussion of each clinical problem also includes transesophageal echocardiography. This edition covers the latest techniques, standards, and applications and includes new contrast agents. All references have been updated. More than 900 images-well annotated and true to gray scale and color-give readers an immediate grasp of salient points.

Abbreviations Commonly Used in Text, Tables, and Figures How to Obtain a Good Echocardiography Examination: Ultrasound Physics, Technique, and Medical Knowledge Transthoracic Echocardiography: M-mode, Two-Dimensional, and Three-Dimensional Transesophageal and Intracardiac Echocardiography Jae K. Oh, Donald J. Hagler, Allison Cabalka, Guy S. Reeder, Frank Cetta, Jr., and James B. Seward Doppler Echocardiography and Color Flow Imaging: Comprehensive Noninvasive Hemodynamic Assessment Tissue Doppler Imaging, Strain Imaging, and Dyssynchrony Assessment Brian D. Powell, Raul E. Espinosa, Cheuk-Man Yu, and Jae K. Oh Contrast Echocardiography Assessment of Systolic Function and Quantification of Cardiac Chambers Assessment of Diastolic Function and Diastolic Heart Failure Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Myocardial Infarction Stress Echocardiography Valvular Heart Diseases Prosthetic Valve Evaluation Infective Endocarditis Cardiomyopathies Cardiac Diseases Due to Systemic Illness, Genetics, Medications, or Infection Pericardial Diseases Tumors and Masses Diseases of the Aorta Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Diseases: An Overview Frank Cetta, Jr., James B. Seward, and Patrick W. O'Leary Intraoperative Echocardiography Roger L. Click and Jae K. Oh Vascular Imaging and Tonometry A. Rauoof Malik and Iftikhar J. Kullo Goal-Directed and Comprehensive Examination Appendix