Pocket Guide to ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Comprehensive transthoracic echocardiographic examination protocol; Parasternal long-axis view; RA/RV view; Parasternal short-axis view; Apical 4-chambers view; Apical 5-chambers view; Apical 2-chambers view; Apical 3-chambers view; Subcostal view; Suprasternal notch view; 2 Indications, contraindications and endpoints of dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiography; Indications for DSE/ESE; Contraindications; Types of stress echo; 3 Types of stress echocardiography and reading template; Additional information.

4 Useful formulas and normal valuesUseful formulas; Normal values; 5 Guidelines for the safe use of echocardiography contrast; Contraindications; Clinical applications; 6 Atrial and ventricular dimensions; LV Hypertrophy; RV Dilatation; LA Volume Index (LA volume/BSA); 7 Coronary artery disease; 8 Left ventricular systolic function and left ventricular diastolic patterns; Left ventricular systolic function; Left ventricular diastolic patterns; 9 Right ventricular systolic function and right ventricular diastolic patterns; Right ventricular diastolic patterns.

Right ventricular systolic function10 Dilated, hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathies; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Restrictive cardiomyopathy; 11 Pericardial effusion, cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis; Pericardial effusion; Cardiac tamponade; Constrictive pericarditis; 12 Mitral stenosis; 13 Mitral valvuloplasty score; 14 Recommendations for data recording and measurement for mitral stenosis; 15 Mitral regurgitation; 16 Aortic regurgitation; 17 Aortic stenosis; 18 Recommendations for data recording and measurement for aortic stenosis.

19 Resolution of apparent discrepancies in measures of aortic stenois severity20 Pulmonic stenosis, pulmonic regurgitation, pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonic stenosis; Pulmonic Regurgitation; Pulmonary Hypertension; Estimation of RA pressure; 21 Tricuspid regurgitation and tricuspid stenosis; Tricuspid regurgitation; Tricuspid stenosis; 22 Infective endocarditis; Duke Criteria; When to perform TEE in patients suspected of infective endocarditis; 23 ACC/ASE recommendations for echocardiography in ineffective endocarditis; 24 Prosthetic valves; Bioprosthetic; Mechanical.

25 Normal echocardiographic values for prosthetic valvesProsthetic valves in the aortic position; Prosthetic valves in the mitral position; Annular rings in the mitral position; 26 Congenital heart disease; VSD; ASD; 27 Miscellaneous; 28 Aortic diseases; Aortic atherosclerosis (Katz's classification); 29 Indication for surgery in aortic diseases; The indications for surgery for thoracic aneurysm include; The indications for surgery for abdominal aneurysm include; 30 Transthoracic echocardiographic and Doppler protocols for assessment of ventricular dyssynchrony.

Two methods of diagnosing cardiac intraventricular dyssynchrony with tissue Doppler imaging.

With its easy accessibility, low cost, and ability to deliver, essential bedside information about the cardiac structure and function, echocardiography has become one of the most relied-upon diagnostic tools in clinical medicine. As a result, more clinicians than ever before must be able to accurately interpret echocardiographic information in order to administer appropriate treatment. Based on the authors' experience teaching echocardiography in busy clinical settings, this new pocketbook provides reliable guidance on everyday clinical cardiac ultrasound and the interpretation of ech.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.