The echo manual / Jae K. Oh, James B. Seward, A. Jamil Tajik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oh, Jae K.

Contributor:

Seward, J. B. (James B.)

Tajik, A. Jamil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Echocardiography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Echocardiography.

Echocardiography--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Echocardiography--methods.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

431 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

regular print

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2007.

Summary:

Thoroughly updated for its Third Edition, this manual is a practical guide to the performance, interpretation, and clinical applications of echocardiography. The Echo Manual is written by recognized authorities at the Mayo Clinic and provides a concise, user-friendly summary of techniques, diagnostic criteria, and quantitative methods for both echocardiography and Doppler echocardiography. Discussion of each clinical problem also includes transesophageal echocardiography. This edition covers the latest techniques, standards, and applications and includes new contrast agents. All references have been updated. More than 900 images--well annotated and true to gray scale and color--give readers an immediate grasp of salient points.

Contents:

How to obtain a good echocardiography examination: ultrasound physics, technique, and medical knowledge

Transthoracic echocardiography: M-mode, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional

Transesophageal and intracardiac echocardiography / Jae K. Oh [and others]

Doppler echocardiography and color flow imaging: comprehensive noninvasive hemodynamic assessment

Tissue doppler imaging, strain imaging, and dyssynchrony assessment / Brian D. Powell [and others]

Contrast echocardiography

Assessment of systolic function and quantification of cardiac chambers

Assessment of diastolic function and diastolic heart failure

Pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary vein stenosis

Coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction

Stress echocardiography

Valvular heart disease

Prosthetic valve evaluation

Infective endocarditis

Cardiomyopathies

Cardiac diseases due to systemic illness, genetics, medication, or infection

Pericardial diseases

Tumors and masses

Diseases of the aorta

Echocardiography in congenital heart disease: an overview / Frank Cetta, Jr., James B. Seward, Patrick W. O'Leary

Intraoperative echocardiography / Roger L. Click, Jae K. Oh

Vascular imaging and tonometry / A. Rauoof Malik, Iftikhar J. Kullo

Goal-directed and comprehensive examination.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0781748534

9780781748537

OCLC:

70713510

Online:

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