Textbook of clinical echocardiography / Catherine M. Otto and Alan S. Pearlman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
Glossary
Key equations
Principles of echocardiographic image acquisition and Doppler analysis
Normal anatomy and flow patterns on transthoracic echocardiography
Transesophageal echocardiography
Specialized echocardiography applications
Clinical indications and quality assurance
Left and right ventricular systolic function
Ventricular diastolic filling and function
Coronary artery disease
Cardiomyopathies, hypertensive and pulmonary heart disease
Pericardial disease
Valvular stenosis
Valvular regurgitation
Prosthetic valves
Endocarditis
Cardiac masses and potential cardiac source of embolus
Diseases of the great arteries
The adult with congenital heart disease
Intraoperative and interventional echocardiography
Appendices. Normal values for echocardiographic measurements
Evidence tables

Today's echocardiography continues to be a low-cost, minimal-risk procedure with the potential to yield a vast amount of detailed, precise anatomic and physiologic information. Dr.