Main description:

Echocardiography Review Manual fully prepares you for success on the echocardiography boards, the PTEeXAM, or the diagnostic cardiac sonographer's exam. Drs. Catherine M. Otto and Rosario Freeman, along with cardiac sonographer Rebecca G. Schwaegler, clearly demonstrate how to record echos, avoid pitfalls, perform calculations, and understand the fundamentals of echocardiography for all types of cardiac disease.

Contents:

Echocardiography Review Guide, 2^nd Edition: Companion to the Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography

Rosario V. Freeman, MD, Rebecca G. Schwaegler, RDCS, Catherine M. Otto, MD

1. Principles of Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Doppler Analysis   
2. The Transthoracic Echocardiogram  
3. Transesophageal Echocardiography
4. Advanced Echocardiographic Modalities
5. Clinical Indications
6. Left and Right Ventricular Systolic Function
7. Ventricular Diastolic Filling and Function
8. Ischemic Cardiac Disease
9. Cardiomyopathies, Hypertensive and Pulmonary Heart Disease
10. Pericardial Disease
11. Valvular Stenosis
12. Valve Regurgitation
13. Prosthetic Valves
14. Endocarditis
15. Cardiac Masses and Potential Cardiac Source of Embolus
16. Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Great Vessels
17. The Adult with Congenital Heart Disease
18. Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography