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

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Roldan, Carlos A.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Echocardiography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Echocardiography.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (270 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2005]
Language Note:
English
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 function / 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:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-4698-7648-5
OCLC:
874968248

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