ABSTRACT

The product of the author's combined fifty-four years of experience in cardiac ultrasound at university hospitals, The Echocardiographer's Guide is designed to fill the need for a practical and complete resource for all technologists and physicians performing transthoracic Doppler/echocardiographic examinations. Each of the six chapters focusing on

chapter 1|12 pages

PHYSICS AND INSTRUMENTATION

chapter 4|8 pages

EVALUATION OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION

chapter 5|10 pages

EVALUATION OF DIASTOLIC FUNCTION

chapter 6|14 pages

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

chapter 7|42 pages

VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

chapter 8|18 pages

CARDIOMYOPATHIES

chapter 9|12 pages

DISEASES OF THE PERICARDIUM

chapter 10|8 pages

DISEASES OF THE AORTA

chapter 11|8 pages

CARDIAC MASSES