Advanced approaches in echocardiography / [edited by] Linda D. Gillam, Catherine M. Otto.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gillam, Linda.

Otto, Catherine M.

Series:

Practical echocardiography series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Echocardiography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Echocardiography.

Echocardiography--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Echocardiography--methods.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xv, 253 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier/Saunders, [2012]

Summary:

Advanced Echocardiographic Approaches - a volume in the exciting new Practical Echocardiography Series edited by Dr. Catherine M. Otto - provides practical, how-to guidance on advanced and challenging echocardiographic techniques such as 3D echo, contrast echo, strain echo, and intracardiac echo. Definitive, expert instruction from Drs. Linda D. Gillam and Catherine M. Otto is presented in a highly visual, case-based approach that facilitates understanding and equips you to master these difficult and cutting-edge modalities. Access the full text online at www.expertconsult.com along with cases, procedural videos and abundant, detailed figures and tables that show you how to proceed, step by step, and get the best results.

Contents:

Transthoracic three dimensional echocardiography / Victor Mor-Avi, Roberto Lang

Advanced echocardiography approaches: 3D transesophageal assessment of the mitral valve / Jonathan Passeri, Judy Hung

Two -dimensional and three dimensional echocardiographic evaluation of the right ventricle / Takahiro Shiota

Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in the catheterization laboratory / Rebecca Hahn and Linda Gillam

Intracardiac echocardiography for common interventions on structural heart disease / Anna Bortnick and Frank Silvestry

Strain and strain-rate imaging / Thomas Marwick

Assessing twist and torsion / Sherif Nagueh

Echocardiographic tools for cardiac resynchronization therapy / Veronica Lea Dimaano, Kristian Eskesen, and Theadore Abraham

Contrast perfusion echocardiography / Joan Olson, Feng Xie, and Thomas Porter

Evaluation of coronary blood flow by echo doppler / Nozomi Watanabe

Stress testing for structural heart disease / Catherine Otto and David Owens

Multimodality cardiac imaging

when is echo not enough? / Nuno Cortez Dias, Ana Almeida, and Fausto Pinto.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781437726978

1437726976

OCLC:

721907688