Comprehensive Textbook of Echocardiography

Navin C Nanda MD DSc (Hon) DSc (Med) (Hon) FACC FAHA FASE FISCU (D)Distinguished Professor, Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA; President, International Society of Cardiovascular Ultrasound

• VOLUME 1SECTION 1: HISTORY AND BASICSChapter 1. History of EchocardiographyChapter 2. Early Cardiac Flow Doppler Era: A Key for a New Clinical Understanding of CardiologyChapter 3. Basics of UltrasoundChapter 4. Doppler Echocardiography: Methodology, Application, and PitfallsChapter 5. Basics of Three-dimensional UltrasoundChapter 6. Speckle Tracking Acquisition: Basics and Practical TipsChapter 7. Instrumentation for Transesophageal Echocardiography Including New TechnologySECTION 2: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY/ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION AND TRAININGChapter 8. M-mode ExaminationChapter 9. The Complete Transthoracic EchocardiographyChapter 10. The Standard Transthoracic ExaminationChapter 11. Nonstandard Echocardiographic ExaminationChapter 12. Technique and Applications of Continuous Transthoracic Cardiac ImagingChapter 13. The Basics of Performing Three-dimensional EchocardiographyChapter 14. How to do Three-dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography Examination?Chapter 15. Critical Care UltrasoundChapter 16. Spectral Doppler of the Hepatic VeinsChapter 17. Spectral Doppler of the Pulmonary VeinsChapter 18. Tissue Doppler ImagingChapter 19. Speckle Tracking Echocardiography: Clinical UsefulnessChapter 20. Echocardiographic Assessment of Global and Segmental Function using Velocity Vector ImagingChapter 21. Contrast EchocardiographyChapter 22. Myocardial Perfusion EchocardiographyChapter 23. Endothelial DysfunctionChapter 24. How to do a Two-dimensional Transesophageal Examination?Chapter 25. Upper Transesophageal and Transpharyngeal ExaminationChapter 26. How to Perform a Three-dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiogram?Chapter 27. Three-dimensional Examination to Evaluate Valvular Heart Disease: The Value of an Added DimensionChapter 28. Three-dimensional Echocardiographic Guidance of Percutaneous ProceduresChapter 29. Three-dimensional Echocardiography in the Operating RoomChapter 30. Epiaortic UltrasonographyChapter 31. Intracardiac EchocardiographyChapter 32. Intravascular Ultrasound ImagingChapter 33. Peripheral Vascular UltrasoundChapter 34. Advanced Noninvasive Quantification Techniques in EchocardiographyChapter 35. Artifacts in EchocardiographyChapter 36. Echocardiography TrainingSECTION 3 VALVULAR HEART DISEASEChapter 37. Echocardiography in Acute Rheumatic FeverChapter 38. Echocardiographic Assessment of Mitral Valve DiseasesChapter 39. Mitral RegurgitationChapter 40. Aortic StenosisChapter 41. Low-gradient, Severe Aortic Stenosis with Depressed and Preserved Ejection FractionChapter 42. Aortic RegurgitationChapter 43. Echocardiography Assessment of the AortaChapter 44. Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Aortic DiseaseChapter 45. Echocardiographic Examination of the Tricuspid ValveChapter 46. Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary ValveChapter 47. Echocardiography in Infective EndocarditisChapter 48. Role of Echocardiography in Pulmonary HypertensionChapter 49. Echocardiographic Assessment of Prosthetic ValvesChapter 50. Three-dimensional Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiographic Evaluation of Prosthetic Valves  VOLUME 2SECTION 4: LEFT AND RIGHT VENTRICLES, LEFT ATRIUM, AND HEMODYNAMICSChapter 51. M-mode and Two-dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Systolic FunctionChapter 52. How to Assess Diastolic FunctionChapter 53. Evaluation of the Right VentricleChapter 54. Three-dimensional Echocardio graphic Assessment of Left Ventricular and Right Ventricular FunctionChapter 55. Newer Aspects of Structure/Function to Assess Cardiac MotionChapter 56. Echocardiography in Assessment of Complications Related to Permanent Pacemakers and Intracardiac DefibrillatorsChapter 57. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Ventricular Assist DevicesChapter 58. Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Atrial FunctionChapter 59. Use of Echocardiography to Assess Cardiac Hemodynamics and Guide TherapySECTION 5: ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE, CARDIOMYOPATHIES, PERICARDIAL DISORDERS, TUMORS AND MASSESChapter 60. Echocardiography in Ischemic Heart DiseaseChapter 61. Stress EchocardiographyChapter 62. Squatting Stress EchocardiographyChapter 63. Three-dimensional Stress Echocardiography.Chapter 64. Echocardiographic Assessment of Coronary Arteries: Morphology and Coronary Flow ReserveChapter 65. Echocardiography in Hypertrophic CardiomyopathyChapter 66. Echocardiographic Assessment of Nonobstructive CardiomyopathiesChapter 67. Echocardiographic Differentiation of Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: Comparison with Other Noninvasive ModalitiesChapter 68. Pericardial DiseaseChapter 69. Three-dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment in Pericardial DisordersChapter 70. Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiac Tumors and MassesSECTION 6: CONGENITAL HEART DISEASEChapter 71. Fetal Cardiac ImagingChapter 72. M-mode and Two-dimensional Echocardiography in Congenital Heart DiseaseChapter 73. Real-time Three-dimensional Echocardiography for Quantification of Ventricular Volumes, Mass, and Function in Children with Congenital and Acquired Heart DiseasesChapter 74. Three-dimensional Echocardiography in Congenital Heart DiseaseChapter 75. Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Adults with Congenital Heart DiseaseChapter 76. Echocardiographic Evaluation for Acquired Heart Diseases in ChildhoodSECTION 7 MISCELLANEOUS AND OTHER NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUESChapter 77. Echocardiography in Systemic DiseasesChapter 78. Echocardiography in WomenChapter 79. Echocardiography in the ElderlyChapter 80. How to Do Echo for the ElectrophysiologistChapter 81. Echocardiography in Life-threatening ConditionsChapter 82. Lung Ultrasound in CardiologyChapter 83. Use of Artificial Intelligence in EchocardiographyChapter 84. A Primer on Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the EchocardiographerChapter 85. Cardiac Computed Tomography ImagingSECTION 8: NEW CHAPTERSChapter 86. Role of Echocardiography in Cardio-OncologyChapter 87. Echocardiography in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection FractionChapter 88. Evaluation of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction with EchocardiographyChapter 89. Where do Echocardiography and Ultrasound Stand in the Assessment and Management of Pulmonary EmbolismChapter 90. Critical Care Echocardiography: Role of Echocardiography in the Modern Cardiac Intensive Care UnitChapter 91. Using Echocardiography to Assess for Cardiac Amyloidosis