Practice of Clinical Echocardiography: Expert Consult Premium Edition - Enhanced Online Features and Print Book

Part 1. ADVANCED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES

1. Transesophageal echocardiography
2. Monitoring Ventricular Function in the Operating Room: Impact on Clinical Outcome
3. Contrast Ultrasound Imaging: Technical Aspects and Clinical Applications
4. Three-Dimensional 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

9. Part 2. THE LEFT VENTRICLE

10. Quantitative evaluation of left ventricular structure, wall stress, and systolic function.
11. Myocardial mechanics: Velocity, strain, strain-rate, cardiac synchrony, and twist
12. Assessment of diastolic function by echocardiography
13. Digital image processing and automated image analysis in echocardiography

14. Part 3. ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

15. The role of echocardiographic evaluation in patients presenting with acute chest pain to the emergency department.
16. Echocardiography in the coronary care unit: Management of acute myocardial infarction, detection of complications and prognostic implications.
17. Exercise echocardiography
18. Stress echocardiography with nonexercise techniques: Principles, protocols, interpretation, and clinical applications
19. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Coronary Blood Flow: Approaches and Clinical Applications

20. Part 4. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

21. Mitral valve anatomy, quantification of mitral regurgitation, and timing of surgical intervention for mitral regurgitation
22. Intraoperative echocardiography in surgical and transcatheter mitral valve repair
23. Aortic valve regurgitation: quantitation of disease severity and timing of surgical intervention.
24. Echocardiography in the patient undergoing catheter balloon mitral valvotomy: patient selection, hemodynamic results, complications and long-term outcome.
25. Clinical decision-making in patients with infective endocarditis: the role of echocardiography
26. Aortic stenosis: Disease severity, progression, timing of intervention, and role in monitoring transcatheter valve implantation.
27. Fluid dynamics of prosthetic valves.
28. Echocardiographic recognition and quantitation of prosthetic valve dysfunction.

29. Part 5. CARDIOMYOPATHIES AND PERICARDIAL DISEASE

30. Doppler echocardiography in heart failure and cardiac resynchronization
31. Echocardiography in the evaluation and management of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
32. Restrictive cardiomyopathy: diagnosis and prognostic implications.
33. Pericardial Disease
34. Cardiac transplantation: pre and post transplant evaluation.
35. Cardiac assist devices: normal findings, device failure and weaning parameters.

36. Part 6. THE RIGHT HEART

37. Right ventricular anatomy, function and echocardiographic evaluation
38. Echocardiographic evaluation of the patient with pulmonary hypertension
39. Right sided valve disease

40. Part 7. THE PREGNANT PATIENT

41. The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of heart disease in pregnancy

42. Part 8. VASCULAR AND SYSTEMIC DISEASES

43. Aortic dissection and trauma: Value and limitations of echocardiography.
44. Echocardiographic findings in systemic diseases characterized by immune-mediated injury.
45. Echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac disease resulting from endocrinopathies, renal, disease, obesity and nutritional deficiencies.
46. Echocardiography in patients with inherited connective tissue disorders
47. Aging changes seen on echocardiography.
48. Echocardiographic evaluation of the patient with a systemic embolic event
49. The role of chocardiography in atrial fibrillation and flutter

50. Part 9. ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND CARDIAC TUMORS

51. General echocardiographic approach to the adult with suspected congenital heart disease.
52. Echocardiographic evaluation of the adult with unoperated congenital heart disease
53. Echocardiographic evaluation of the adult with post-operative congenital heart disease.
54. Cardiac tumors