Cardiovascular Diagnosis by Ultrasound: Transesophageal, Computerized, Contrast, Doppler Echocardiography

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Contrast Echocardiography of the Right and Left Heart....Pages 1-21
Diagnosis of Interatrial Communications by Contrast Echocardiography....Pages 22-29
Opacification of the Left Heart by Peripheral Venous Contrast Echocardiography: Animal Experiments....Pages 30-32
Limitations of M-Mode-Echocardiography in Patients with Unusual Locations of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy....Pages 33-39
Digital Processing of 2-Dimensional Contrast Echocardiograms....Pages 40-46
Quantification of Cardiac Function by Computerized 2-Dimensional Echocardiography....Pages 47-55
Automatic and Interactive Image Processing of 2-D Echocardiogramms for Analysis of Left Ventricular Function....Pages 56-63
Echocardiographic Detection of Wall Motion Abnormalities Before and after Streptokinase Therapy in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 64-70
Echocardiographic Map of the Left Ventricle. A Method to Localize Myocardial Infarction....Pages 71-80
Diagnostic value of 2-dimensional echocardiography in the early detection of acute myocardial infarction....Pages 81-88
Sensitivity of One- and Two-Dimensional Echocardiography in Detecting Infarcted Scar Tissue....Pages 89-96
Two dimensional Echo Imaging and Pulsed Doppler Blood Flow Detection: A comprehensive approach to cardiovascular diagnosis....Pages 97-104
Usefulness of Doppler Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Valvular Heart Disease....Pages 105-114
Clinical Value and Limitations of Pulsed Doppler Echocardiography in Pediatric Cardiology....Pages 115-121
Transesophageal Pulsed Doppler Measurement of Hemodynamics in Humans....Pages 122-131
Transesophageal Pulsed Doppler Echocardiography in Mitral and Aortic Regurgitation....Pages 132-140
Measurement of Regional Echo Intensity as a Means of Cardiac Tissue Characterization....Pages 141-151
Tissue Parameter Characterization by Ultrasound: State-of-the-Art in Cardiology....Pages 152-177
Anatomical Profile and Evaluation of the Left Ventricular Function in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by 2-dimensional Echocardiography....Pages 178-187
New Echocardiographic Possibilities in the Etiological Diagnosis and Therapy of Pericardial Diseases....Pages 188-201
The Effect of Antihypertensive Drugs Upon Left Ventricular Function at Rest and During Exercise....Pages 202-207
Future Aspects in the Technology of Echography....Pages 208-215
The advantage of transesophageal M-mode echocardiography in comparison with external echocardiography to detect segmental wall motion abnormalities in coronary artery disease....Pages 216-226
The Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function by Transesophageal M-Mode Exercise Echocardiography....Pages 227-236
Effects of Anesthesia on Left Ventricular Performance Assessed by Transesophageal M-Mode Echocardiography....Pages 237-238
Transesophageal Cross-Sectional Echocardiography with a Mechanical Scanning System....Pages 239-246
Detection of Atrial Septum Defects by Transoesophageal Twodimensional Echocardiography with a Mechanical Sectorscanner....Pages 247-250
Phased Array Transducer Technology for Transesophageal Imaging of the Heart: Current Status and Future Aspects....Pages 251-259
On the Design and Construction of a Transesophageal Scanner....Pages 260-269
Esophageal Phased-Array Sector Echocardiography: An Anatomic Study....Pages 270-279
Transesophageal Horizontal and Sagittal Imaging of the Heart with a Phased Array System. Initial Clinical Results....Pages 280-288
Evaluation of Cardiac Function during Surgery by Transesophageal 2-Dimensional Echocardiography....Pages 289-293
Applications of Two-Dimensional Echocardiography During Open Heart Surgery in Humans for Evaluation of Acquired and Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 294-307
Endoscopic Ultrasonography, a New Horizon?....Pages 308-320