Book description
With its easy accessibility, low cost, and ability to deliver,
essential bedside information about the cardiac structure and
function, echocardiography has become one of the most relied-upon
diagnostic tools in clinical medicine. As a result, more clinicians
than ever before must be able to accurately interpret
echocardiographic information in order to administer appropriate treatment.
Based on the authors' experience teaching echocardiography in busy
clinical settings, this new pocketbook provides reliable guidance on
everyday clinical cardiac ultrasound and the interpretation of
echocardiographic images. It has been designed to help readers develop
a stepwise approach to the interpretation of a standard transthoracic
echocardiographic study and teach how to methodically gather and
assemble the most important information from each of the standard
echocardiographic views in order to generate a complete final report
of the study performed.
What's included:
• A summary of TTE examination protocol and a comprehensive listing
of useful formulas and normal values
• Atrial and ventricular dimensions, LV and RV systolic function, LV
diastolic patterns
• Echocardiographic findings in the most commonly encountered cardiac
diseases and disorders, including various cardiomyopathies, cardiac
tamponade, constrictive pericarditis, valvular heart disease,
pulmonary hypertension, infective endocarditis, and congenital heart disease
• Companion website with video clips and over 70 self-assessment questions
Packed with essential information and designed for quick
look-up, this pocketbook will be of great assistance for anyone who
works in busy clinical settings and who needs a ready and reliable
guide to interpreting echocardiographic information to help deliver
optimal patient care.
