Practice of Clinical Echocardiography 4/e

Practice of Clinical Echocardiography,4/e


In Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, world-renowned authority Dr. Catherine M. Otto offers expert guidance on
interpreting echocardiographic images and Doppler flow data and applying your findings to your daily clinical decision
making. This medical reference book keeps you current on the latest advances and techniques, so you can implement the
best possible approaches with your patients!

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Part 1. ADVANCED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES
1. Transesophageal echocardiography
2. Intraoperative echocardiography
3. Contrast echocardiography
4. 3D Echocardiography
5. Echocardiographic guidance of structural heart disease interventions
6. Intracardiac Echocardiography
7. Intravascular ultrasound: Principles, histologic correlation and clinical applications
8. Hand held echocardiography

Part 2. THE LEFT VENTRICLE
9. Quantitative evaluation of left ventricular structure, wall stress, and systolic function.
10. Myocardial mechanics: Strain, strain-rate, cardiac synchrony, and torsion/twist
11. Left ventricular diastolic functionº
12. Echocardiographic digital image processing and approaches to endocardial edge detection.

Part 3. ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
13. The role of echocardiographic evaluation in patients presenting with acute chest pain to the emergency department.
14. Echocardiography in the coronary care unit: Management of acute myocardial infarction, detection of complications
and prognostic implications.
15. Exercise echocardiography
16. Non-exercise stress echocardiography
17. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Coronary Blood Flow: Approaches and Clinical Applications

Part 4. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE
18. Mitral valve anatomy, quantitation of regurgitant severity and timing of intervention.
19. The utility of echocardiography in patient selection, planning the operative procedure and intra-operative
evaluation of surgical and transcatheter mitral valve repair
20. Aortic valve regurgitation: quantitation of disease severity and timing of surgical intervention.
21. Echocardiography in the patient undergoing catheter balloon mitral valvuloplasty: patient selection, hemodynamic
results, complications and long-term outcome.
22. Clinical decision-making in patients with endocarditis: the role of echocardiographyº
23. Aortic stenosis: Disease severity, progression, timing of intervention and role in monitoring transcatheter valve
implantation.
24. Fluid dynamics of prosthetic valves.
25. Echocardiographic recognition and quantitation of prosthetic valve dysfunction.

Part 5. CARDIOMYOPATHIES AND PERICARDIAL DISEASE
26. Doppler echocardiography in heart failure and resynchronization therapy
27. Echocardiography in the evaluation and management of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
28. Restrictive cardiomyopathy: diagnosis and prognostic implications.
29. Pericardial Disease
30. Cardiac transplantation: pre and post transplant evaluation.
31. Cardiac assist devices: normal findings, device failure and weaning parameters.

Part 6. THE RIGHT HEART
32. Right ventricular anatomy, function and echocardiographic evaluation
33. Echocardiographic evaluation of the patient with pulmonary hypertension
34. Right sided valve disease in adults

Part 7. THE PREGNANT PATIENT
35. The role of echocardiography in pregnant women with heart disease.

Part 8. VASCULAR AND SYSTEMIC DISEASES
36. Aortic dissection and trauma: Value and limitations of echocardiography.
37. Echocardiographic findings in systemic diseases characterized by immune-mediated injury.
38. Echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac disease due to endocrine disease, renal, disease, obesity and
nutritional deficiencies.
39. Echocardiography in patients with inherited connective tissue disorders
40. Aging changes seen on echocardiography.
41. Echocardiographic evaluation of the patient with a systemic embolic event.-include cath lab monitoring
42. Echocardiography in the management of cardiac arrhythmias.

Part 9. ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND CARDIAC TUMORS
43. General echocardiographic approach to the adult with suspected congenital heart disease.
44. Echocardiographic evaluation of the adult congenital heart disease patient with no prior cardiac procedures.
45. Echocardiographic evaluation of the adult patient with post-operative congenital heart disease.
46. Cardiac tumors