ABSTRACT

Echocardiography is a powerful diagnostic tool that allows assessment of cardiac function, detection of cardiovascular abnormalities, and measurement of physiological parameters such as valvular function and left ventricular ejection fraction. Taking a step-by-step approach to transthoracic echocardiography, Making Sense of Echocardiography is the

part |2 pages

PART 1: ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES

chapter 1|3 pages

History of echocardiography

chapter 2|10 pages

Cardiac anatomy and physiology

chapter 3|15 pages

Physics and instrumentation

chapter 4|13 pages

Doppler physics

chapter 5|5 pages

Service provision

part |2 pages

PART 2: CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES

chapter 6|21 pages

The transthoracic echo study

chapter 7|9 pages

The transoesophageal echo study

chapter 8|12 pages

The stress echo study

chapter 9|9 pages

Advanced echo techniques

chapter 10|7 pages

Alternative cardiac imaging techniques

part |2 pages

PART 3: CLINICAL CASES

chapter 11|30 pages

The left heart and its function

chapter 13|19 pages

The aortic valve

chapter 14|23 pages

The mitral valve

chapter 15|31 pages

The right heart

chapter 16|12 pages

Heart valve repair and replacement

chapter 17|9 pages

Endocarditis

chapter 18|15 pages

The cardiomyopathies

chapter 19|12 pages

The pericardium

chapter 20|12 pages

The aorta

chapter 21|11 pages

Cardiac masses

chapter 22|19 pages

Congenital heart disease

chapter 23|11 pages

Common echo requests