The ultimate echo guide / editor, Carlos A. Roldan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roldan, Carlos A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Echocardiography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Echocardiography.

Echocardiography--methods.

Heart Diseases--diagnostic imaging.

Medical Subjects:

Echocardiography--methods.

Heart Diseases--diagnostic imaging.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xiii, 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2005]

Summary:

This multi-authored concise guide provides rapid access to the most common cardiac diseases where echo plays an important role in diagnosis, prognosis, therapy, and follow-up. Designed for practical, daily use, succinct chapters are in outline format and grouped according to disease. Each chapter follows a common organization and includes definition; etiology; incidence and prevalence; class I indications for echo based on AHA/ACC guidelines; best tomographic planes; key diagnostic features, including pitfalls; diagnostic formulas; diagnostic accuracy; parameters to stratify severity of disease; parameters indicating need for invasive intervention; and parameters of prognostic value. The Ultimate Echo Guide is also available electronically for PDAs. See Media listing for details.

Contents:

The normal color doppler echocardiogram / Carlos A. Roldan

Coronary artery disease / Carlos A. Roldan

Ventricular systolic dysfunction / William A. Zoghbi and Juan Carlos Plana

Ventricular diastolic dysfunction / Robert A. Taylor

Pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale / Anita Kedia and Carlos A. Roldan

Mitral regurgitation / Phoebe A. Ashley and Carlos A. Roldan

Mitral stenosis / Carlos A. Roldan

Aortic regurgitation / Carlos A. Roldan

Aortic valve sclerosis and aortic valve stenosis / Kirsten Tolstrup and Carlos A. Roldan

Tricuspid and pulmonic valve disease / Dara K. Lee and Carlos A. Roldan

Prosthetic valve dysfunction / Michael H. Crawford

Common adult congenital heart diseases / Carlos A. Roldan

Infective endocarditis / Carlos A. Roldan

Intracardiac masses: tumors and systemic embolism / Gerald A. Charlton

Diseases of the aorta / Robert J. Seigel and Takashi Miyamoto

Pericardial diseases / Carlos A. Roldan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

078174749X

OCLC:

54767453