Essential Echocardiography: A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease

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Scott D. Solomon, Linda Gillam, Justina Wu
Elsevier Health Sciences, Nov 4, 2017 - Medical - 432 pages

Echocardiography remains the most commonly used imaging technique to visualize the heart and great vessels, and this clinically oriented text by Drs. Scott D. Solomon, Justina C. Wu, and Linda D. Gillam helps you make the most of its diagnostic and prognostic potential for your patients. Part of the highly regarded Braunwald’s family of cardiology references, Essential Echocardiography expertly covers basic principles of anatomy and physiology, the appearance of normal variants across a wide range of cardiovascular diseases, and the hands-on approaches necessary to acquire and interpret optimal echocardiographic images in the clinical setting.

  • Abundant illustrations provide a superb visual learning experience both in print and online. Images convey clear, classic examples that represent decades of experience over multiple institutions, as well as recent advances in the field.
  • More than 485 accompanying video clips mirror the images in the text, with easy-to-follow links from the figure citation to the video online.
  • Each section includes one or two clinical cases that illustrate key concepts.
  • Written by expert echocardiographers and sonographers who emphasize practical applications throughout the text, and superbly illustrated by physician-artist Dr. Bernard Bulwer.
  • Ideal for anyone currently using or learning to use echocardiography, including cardiologists, cardiology fellows, sonographers, anesthesiologists, critical care physicians, emergency physicians, radiologists, residents, and medical students.
  • Expert ConsultTM eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
 

Contents

I PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES OF ULTRASOUND AND GENERATION OF IMAGES
1
II The Echocardiographic Examination
73
III Assessment of Cardiac Structureand Function
153
IV Echocardiography for Diseases of theMyocardium
195
V Valvular Heart Disease
279
VI Diseases of the Pericardium and Great Vessels
347
VII Diseases of the Pulmonary Artery and Veins
369
VIII Cardiac Masses
385
IX Systemic Diseases Involving the Heart
405
X Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
429
XI Miscellaneous Topics in Echocardiography
447
A Reference Tables
480
B COMMONLY UTILIZED EQUATIONS IN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
483
Index
487
IBC
503
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