Introduction: The Anti-Crash
Chapter 1: The Yellow Brick Road
Chapter 2: To the End and Stop
?Principles of Ultrasound
?Transducers
?Equipment, Infection Control, and Safety
?Imaging
?Principles of Doppler Ultrasound
?Quantitative M-Mode and Two-Dimensional Echocardiography
?Quantitative Doppler
?Doppler Profiles and Assessment of Diastolic Function
?Cardiac Anatomy
?Pericardium and Extracardiac Structures: Anatomy and
Pathology
?Pathology of the Cardiac Valves
?Intracardiac Masses and Devices
?Global Ventricular Systolic Function
?Segmental Left Ventricular Systolic Function
?Assessment of Perioperative Events and Problems
?Congenital Heart Disease
?Artifacts and Pitfalls
?Related Diagnostic Modalities
Chapter 3: Hemodynamodoc
Epilogue
Author Information
By Christopher J. Gallagher, MD, Staff Anesthesiologist, Florida
Gulf to Bay Anesthesiology, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL