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Advanced Approaches in Echocardiography

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  • 1st Edition - December 12, 2011
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Linda Gillam, Catherine M. Otto
  • Language: English

Advanced Approaches in Echocardiography- a volume in the exciting new Practical Echocardiography Series edited by Dr. Catherine M. Otto - provides practical, how-to guidance on ad… Read more

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Advanced Approaches in Echocardiography- a volume in the exciting new Practical Echocardiography Series edited by Dr. Catherine M. Otto - provides practical, how-to guidance on advanced and challenging echocardiographic techniques such as 3D echo, contrast echo, strain echo, and intracardiac echo. Definitive, expert instruction from Drs. Linda D. Gillam and Catherine M. Otto is presented in a highly visual, case-based approach that facilitates understanding and equips you to master these difficult and cutting-edge modalities. Access the full text online at www.expertconsult.com along with cases, procedural videos and abundant, detailed figures and tables that show you how to proceed, step by step, and get the best results.

Key features

  • Master new and advanced echocardiography techniques such as 3D echocardiography, contrast echocardiography, strain echocardiography, and intracardiac echocardiography through a practical, step-by-step format that provides a practical approach to image acquisition and analysis, technical details, pitfalls, and case examples.

  • Tap into the knowledge and experience of two noted authorities in the field: Dr. Linda D. Gillam, former president of the American Society of Echocardiography, and world-renowned echocardiography expert and author Dr. Catherine M. Otto.

  • Reference the information you need quickly thanks to easy-to-follow, templated chapters, with an abundance of figures and tables that facilitate visual learning.

  • Access the complete text and illustrations online at www.expertconsult.com plus video clips, additional cases, and much more!

Readership

Cardiology

Sonography

Table of contents

1. Transthoracic Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

2. Advanced Echocardiography Approaches: 3D Transesophageal Assessment of the Mitral Valve

3. Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Right Ventricle

4. Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Catheterization Laboratory

5. Intracardiac Echocardiography for Common Interventions on Structural Heart Disease 73

6. Strain and Strain Rate Imaging

7. Assessing Twist and Torsion

8. Echocardiographic Tools for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

9. Contrast Perfusion Echocardiography

10. Evaluation of Coronary Blood Flow by Echo Doppler

11. Stress Testing for Structural Heart Disease

12. Multimodality Cardiac Imaging—When Is Echo Not Enough?

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 20, 2014
  • Language: English

About the authors

LG

Linda Gillam

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute, Morristown Medical Center/Atlantic Health System, Morristown, New Jersey, USA

CO

Catherine M. Otto

Dr. Catherine Otto is currently the J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Heart, published by the BMJ and the British Cardiovascular Society. Formerly head of the fellowship program at the University of Washington she is a highly prolific author with solid experience in teaching echocardiography skills and applications.
Affiliations and expertise
Editor-in-Chief, Heart, J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology, Professor of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

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