This practical guide is designed to provide a complete
echocardiography consultation in an easy, fast, and succinct manner.
You will find essential information for a range of commonly
encountered pathologies. Discussions of each echo technique (M-mode,
2-D, Doppler TTE, and TEE) include best imaging planes, diagnostic
methods, diagnostic formulas, key diagnostic features, data on
accuracy and prognosis, and alerts to potential pitfalls.
In The Ultimate Echo Guide you'll discover...
Concise, straightforward text with bullet points allows you to access
key information at a glance뾞 great time-saver for the busy
clinician.
Specific applications address the use of echo in the pregnant
patient, echo parameters of poor prognosis, echo parameters
indicating surgical and non-surgical intervention, intraoperative
echo, and follow-up.
Informative tables provide summary information for diagnostic
methods, diagnostic accuracy, disease stratification, prognostic
indicators, parameters indicating surgical or non-surgical
intervention, and follow-up.
Practical content concentrating on information needed for daily or
routine echocardiographic performance and interpretation.
More than 260 oversized high-resolution illustrations display the
anatomy at actual size to enhance diagnostic features.
The Ultimate Echo Guide is also available electronically for PDAs.
See PDA listing for details.