Case Based Echocardiography

The authors are all internationally renowned experts in echocardiography and have considerable experience in training echocardiography staff in all aspects of best practice.

• Physics & Artifacts. Physical basis ultrasound, cardiac imaging. Artifacts mistaken for cardiac pathology.- LV mass, volumes. Qualitative & quantitative determination of LV wall thickness, mass. Qualitative & quantitative determination of LV volumes.- LV function. Ejection fraction assessment.- M-mode. Common pathologies for M mode use.- Wall motion & stress. Assess regional wall motion. Normal, hypokinetic & akinetic wall motion. Wall motion analysis. Stress echocardiography protocols exercise; dobutamine; dipyridamole. Problem solving.- RV function assessment. Visual assessment of RV size, function. Tissue Doppler in RV assessment.- Valvular heart disease. Assessing valves. Mitral stenosis, regurgitation. Aortic stenosis, regurgitation. Pulmonary stenosis, regurgitation. Tricuspid stenosis, regurgitation. Multivalvular involvement: rheumatic disease; carcinoid; diet drugs. Prosthetic valve assessment. Infective endocarditis.- Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Protocol for TEE. Standard TEE views. TEE Limitations. Emergency applications of TEE:dissection etc. Methemoglobinemia & treatment.- Echo contrast. Contrast agents. Indications in clinical practice. Protocol for contrast use. Problems & resolution.- Cardiomyopathies. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Infiltrative cardiomyopathy. Dilated cardiomyopathy.- Tissue Doppler & clinical uses. Fundamentals, Tissue Doppler. Applications. How to do Tissue Doppler. Assessment of dyssynchrony. Strain imaging.- Diastolic function assessment.- Mitral inflow. Pulmonary vein flow. Tissue Doppler. Flow propogation velocity. Grades of diastolic dysfunction.- The pericardium. Pericardial effusion. Pericarditis. Tamponade physiology. Constriction V restriction physiology. Echo-guided pericardiocentesis.- Cardiac masses.- 3-D echocardiography. Principles. 3D images. Clinical situations, 3DE.- Adult congenital problems. VSD. ASD. Others.- Vascular imaging. Carotid intima media thickness. Brachial reactivity. Augmentation index.

From the reviews:“The intended audience includes sonographers and echocardiographers. … Extensive topics ranging from the physics of echocardiography, to three-dimensional echocardiography, to the use of echocardiography to assess heart transplants are well covered. … a wonderfully thorough resource for echocardiography board review. … Readers who prefer an atlas or outline format you will find this to be an excellent resource for echocardiography. The topics it covers are important and wide-ranging, and the information is presented succinctly and with full-color, highly detailed, albeit small, images.” (David J. Homan, Doody’s Review Service, February, 2012)“No heart specialist should be without this book, which expounds on advanced and sophisticated interpretation of echocardiographic data. Case Based Echocardiography liberally uses images and actual patient histories to teach the reader how to interpret echo results. Vital to any health-care professional who uses echocardiography in the daily course of their practice.” (The Electric Review, October, 2012)“This book … is a collection of lecture notes around the echocardiography syllabus. … find a home in the library of the larger echo department to be picked up when a brief text is required to address a particular case-based echo problem.” (Guy Lloyd, Cardiology News, February/March, 2013)