Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, Third Edition

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Contributors......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 20
Transesophageal Echocardiography......Page 24
Monitoring Ventricular Function in the Operating Room: Impact on Clinical Outcome......Page 52
Contrast Ultrasound Imaging: Methods,  Analysis, and Applications......Page 83
Three-Dimensional Echocardiography......Page 107
Tissue Doppler and Speckle Tracking Echocardiography......Page 136
Intracardiac Echocardiography......Page 159
Intravascular Ultrasound: Principles and Clinical Applications......Page 173
Hand-Carried Ultrasound......Page 193
Quantitative Evaluation of Left Ventricular Structure, Wall Stress, and Systolic Function......Page 208
Ventricular Shape and Function......Page 233
Assessment of Diastolic Function by Echocardiography......Page 258
Echocardiographic Digital Image Processing and Approaches to Automated Border Detection......Page 283
The Role of Echocardiographic Evaluation in Patients Presenting with Acute Chest Pain in the Emergency Room......Page 306
Echocardiography in the Coronary Care Unit: Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Detection of Complications, and Prognostic Implications......Page 320
Exercise Echocardiography......Page 347
Stress Echocardiography with Nonexercise Techniques: Principles, Protocols, Interpretation, and Clinical Applications......Page 374
Echocardiographic Evaluation of Coronary Blood Flow: Approaches and Clinical Applications......Page 414
Quantification of Valvular Regurgitation......Page 426
Timing of Intervention for Chronic Valve Regurgitation: The Role of Echocardiography......Page 451
Intraoperative Echocardiography in Mitral Valve Repair......Page 480
Echocardiography in the Patien tUndergoing Catheter Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty: Patient Selection, Hemodynamic Results, Complications, and Long-Term Outcome......Page 502
Clinical Decision Makingin Patients with Endocarditis: The Role of Echocardiography......Page 523
Aortic Stenosis: Echocardiographic Evaluation of Disease Severity, Disease Progression, and the Role of Echocardiography in Clinical Decision Making......Page 537
Fluid Dynamics of Prosthetic Valves......Page 573
Echocardiographic Recognition and Quantitation of Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction......Page 598
Echocardiographic Recognition of Unusual Complications after Surgeryon the Great Vessels and Cardiac Valves......Page 626
Doppler Echocardiography in Heart Failure and Cardiac Resynchronization......Page 650
Echocardiography in the Evaluation and Management of Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy......Page 674
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: Diagnosis and Prognostic Implications......Page 700
Pericardial Disease......Page 731
End-Stage Heart Failure: Ventricular Assist Devices and the Posttransplant Patient......Page 756
Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Disease in Pregnancy......Page 776
Aortic Dissection and Trauma: Value and Limitations of Echocardiography......Page 814
Hypertension: Impact of Echocardiographic Data on the Mechanism of Hypertension, Treatment, Options, Prognosis, and Assessment of Therapy......Page 837
Echocardiographic Findings in Acute and Chronic Respiratory Disease......Page 869
Echocardiographic Findings in Systemic Diseases Characterized by Immune-Mediated Injury......Page 898
Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Cardiac Disease Resulting from Endocrinopathies, Renal Disease, Obesity, and Nutritional Deficiencies......Page 923
Echocardiography in Patients with Inherited Connective Tissue Disorders......Page 953
Aging Changes Seen on Echocardiography......Page 973
Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Patient with a Systemic Embolic Event......Page 990
The Role of Echocardiography in Atria lFibrillation and Flutter......Page 1020
General Echocardiographic Approach to the Adult with Suspected Congenital Heart Disease......Page 1042
Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Adult with Unoperated Congenital Heart Disease......Page 1063
Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Adult with Postoperative Congenital Heart Disease......Page 1102
Cardiac Tumors......Page 1129
Index......Page 1160