The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography

Ideally suited for those clinicians who have already mastered basic principles, The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, 6th Edition, provides expert guidance on interpreting echocardiographic images and Doppler flow data. Through practical, clear, and carefully edited content, world-renowned expert Dr. Catherine M. Otto and her team of more than 65 leaders in echocardiography demonstrate how to apply advanced knowledge to daily clinical decision making. Newly reorganized sections cover advanced principles for the echocardiographer, best practices for echocardiography laboratories, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, intraoperative and interventional echocardiography, and point-of-care cardiac ultrasound

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Table of Contents

Section 1: ADVANCED PRINCIPLES FOR THE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHER

1. 3D Echocardiographic Image Acquisition, Display, and Analysis

2. Principles of Myocardial Mechanics and Strain Imaging

3. Contrast Echocardiography

4. Quantitative Analysis of Left Ventricular Anatomy and Systolic Function

5. Left Ventricular Diastolic Function

6. Right Ventricular Anatomy and Function

Section 2: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY BEST PRACTICES

7. Diagnostic Echocardiography Laboratory: Structure, Standards, and Quality Improvement

8. The Comprehensive Diagnostic Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiogram

9. Intraoperative Echocardiography

10. Interventional Echocardiography

11. Focused Cardiac Ultrasound at the Bedside

Section 3: CARDIOMYOPATHIES, TUMORS, AND PERICARDIAL DISEASE

12. Dilated Cardiomyopathy

13. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

14. Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

15. Cardiac Transplantation

16. Cardiac Assist Devices

17. Pericardial Disease

18. Cardiac Tumors and Cardio-oncology

Section 4: ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

19. Stress Echocardiography for Detecting Coronary Ischemia

20. Non-exercise Stress Echocardiography for Diagnosis of Coronary Disease

21. Role of Echocardiography in Patients with an Acute Coronary Syndrome

Section 5: VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

22. Aortic Stenosis (Including Evaluation for TAVI)

23. Aortic Regurgitation

24. Mitral Regurgitation

25. Transesophageal Echocardiography for Surgical Repair of Mitral Regurgitation

26. Transcatheter mitral valve repair: role of echocardiography in patient selection, procedural guidance, and evaluation of outcomes

27. Mitral Stenosis

28. Right-Sided Valve Disease in Adults

29. Endocarditis

30. Fluid Dynamics of Prosthetic Valves

31. Echocardiographic Recognition and Quantitation of Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction

Section 6: VASCULAR AND SYSTEMIC DISEASES

32. Acute Aortic Syndromes

33. Inherited Connective Tissue Disorders

34. Hypertensive Heart Disease and Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders

35. The Athletic Heart on Echocardiography

36. Pulmonary Hypertension

37. Systemic Diseases Characterized by Immune-Mediated Injury

38. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Patients with a Systemic Embolic Event

39. Echocardiography in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter

Section 7: ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE and THE PREGNANT PATIENT

40. Heart Disease in Pregnancy

41. Congenital Shunts

42. Left Heart Anomalies

43. Right Heart Anomalies

44. Complex Conotruncal Anomalies Including Tetralogy of Fallot

45. Transposition of the Great Arteries

46. Single Ventricles