Echocardiography: A Practical Guide for Reporting and Interpretation is a step-by-step guide to clinical echocardiography. This new edition has been extensively revised and includes new international guidelines, grading criteria and normal data. The book presents an up-to-date discussion of echocardiography use in both acute and critical care settings and provides increased guidance for clinical interpretation, including how echocardiography can help inform surgical decisions. In addition, the content has been extended, particularly in the consideration of valve disease and cardiomyopathies. Providing a pragmatic approach to clinical echocardiography, the book also covers examples of conditions requiring urgent clinical advice. It contains a summary of formulae as well as supporting online images and videos.
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Introduction Minimum Standard Echocardiogram Organisation of a Report Indications for Urgent Clinical Advice Interpretation for the Non-Echocardiographer Left Ventricular Dimensions and Function LV Size and Wall Thickness LV Systolic Function LV Diastolic Function Diastolic Heart Failure Acute Coronary Syndrome Cardiomyopathies The Dilated Left Ventricle The Hypertrophied Left Ventricle Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Noncompaction Arrythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia The Right Ventricle Pulmonary Pressure and Hypertension Aortic Valve Disease Aortic Stenosis Aortic Regurgitation Mitral Valve Disease Mitral Stenosis Mitral Regurgitation Specialist Pre and Post-Operative Assessment Right-Sided Valve Disease Tricuspid Regurgitation and Stenosis Tricuspid Stenosis Pulmonary Stenosis and Regurgitation Replacement Heart Valves General Replacement Valves in the Aortic Position Replacement Valves in the Mitral Position Tricuspid Replacement Valves Pulmonary Replacement Valves Endocarditis The Aorta and Dissection The Aorta Dissection The Atria and Atrial Septum The Left Atrium The Right Atrium The Atrial Septum Adult Congenital Disease Simple Defects Systematic Study Post-Procedure Studies Pericardial Disease Pericardial Effusion Pericardial Constriction Pericarditis Masses Echocardiography in Acute and Critical Care Medicine General Clinical Requests Appropriateness Criteria for Echocardiography Appendices Left Ventricle Critical Care Monitoring Valve Disease Summary of Formulae Figures
