Echocardiography Review Guide

Dr. Catherine Otto is currently the J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Heart, published by the BMJ and the British Cardiovascular Society. Formerly head of the fellowship program at the University of Washington she is a highly prolific author with solid experience in teaching echocardiography skills and applications. Dr. Rosario V. Freeman is a colleague of Dr. Otto's and Director of the Cardiovascular Noninvasive Laboratory, Echocardiography and Electrocardiography Services. She recently assumed responsibility for the Cardiology Fellowship Program and is also Professor of Cardiology and Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. She was a junior editor on the current edition of Echocardiography Review Guide and will resume primary responsibility for managing a team of writers in collaboration with Dr. Otto's revision of the companion Textbook so these titles can publish simultaneously.

• Chapter 1. Principles of Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Doppler Analysis  Chapter 2. The Transthoracic Echocardiogram  Chapter 3. Transesophageal Echocardiography  Chapter 4. Specialized Echocardiography Applications  Chapter 5. Clinical Indications and Quality Assurance  Chapter 6. Left and Right Ventricular Systolic Function  Chapter 7. Ventricular Diastolic Filling and Function  Chapter 8. Coronary Artery Disease  Chapter 9. Cardiomyopathies, Hypertensive, and Pulmonary Heart Disease  Chapter 10. Pericardial Disease  Chapter 11. Valvular Stenosis  Chapter 12. Valvular Regurgitation  Chapter 13. Prosthetic Valves  Chapter 14. Endocarditis  Chapter 15. Cardiac Masses and Potential Cardiac Source of Embolus  Chapter 16. Diseases of the Great Arteries  Chapter 17. The Adult with Congenital Heart Disease  Chapter 18. Intraoperative and Interventional Echocardiography