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Echocardiography Review Guide

Companion to the Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography

  • 3rd Edition - April 30, 2015
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Catherine M. Otto, Rebecca Gibbons Schwaegler, Rosario V. Freeman
  • Language: English

This review companion to Dr. Catherine Otto’s Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography demonstrates how to record echos, avoid pitfalls, perform calculations and understand the… Read more

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Description

This review companion to Dr. Catherine Otto’s Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography demonstrates how to record echos, avoid pitfalls, perform calculations and understand the fundamentals echocardiography for every type of cardiac problem. It teaches and tests in one convenient volume, with precise step-by-step instructions on using and interpreting echocardiography. It's a must-have for anyone new to the field or preparing for the echocardiography boards, the PTEeXAM, or the diagnostic cardiac sonographer’s exam.

Key features

  • Enhance your calculation skills for all aspects of echocardiography.
  • Multiple-choice questions in each chapter cover the latest information tested on exams.
  • Features expert advice and easy-to-follow procedures on using and interpreting echo (including pitfalls in recording) in every chapter.

Readership

Cardiology and Anesthesiology

Table of contents

1. Principles of Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Doppler Analysis

2. Normal Anatomy and Flow Patterns on Transthoracic Echocardiography

3. Transesophageal Echocardiography

4. Advanced Echocardiographic Modalities

5. Clinical Indications and Quality Assurance

6. Left and Right Ventricular Systolic Function

7. Ventricular Diastolic Filling and Function

8. Coronary Artery Disease

9. Cardiomyopathies, Hypertensive, and Pulmonary Heart Disease

10. Pericardial Disease

11. Valvular Stenosis

12. Valvular Regurgitation

13. Prosthetic Valves

14. Endocarditis

15. Cardiac Masses and Potential Cardiac Source of Embolus

16. Diseases of the Great Arteries

17. The Adult with Congenital Heart Disease

18. Intraoperative and Interventional Echocardiography

Review quotes

"beautifully illustrated and comprehensive"

"It teaches and tests in one convenient volume, with precise step-by-step instructions on using and interpreting echocardiography… It is a must-have for anyone new to the field or preparing for the echocardiography boards, the PTEeXAM, or the diagnostic cardiac sonographer’s exam." -SirReadaLot.org, July 2015, Issue #195

"beautifully illustrated and comprehensive" -The American Journal of Cardiology (2016;118:149e152)

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 7, 2015
  • Language: English

About the authors

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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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Rebecca Gibbons Schwaegler

Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor, Diagnostic Ultrasound Department, College of Science and Engineering, Seattle University; Cardiac Sonographer, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA

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Rosario V. Freeman

Dr. Rosario V. Freeman is a colleague of Dr. Otto’s and Director of the Cardiovascular Noninvasive Laboratory, Echocardiography and Electrocardiography Services. She recently assumed responsibility for the Cardiology Fellowship Program and is also Professor of Cardiology and Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. She was a junior editor on the current edition of Echocardiography Review Guide and will resume primary responsibility for managing a team of writers in collaboration with Dr. Otto’s revision of the companion Textbook so these titles can publish simultaneously.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Cardiovascular Non-invasive Laboratory, Echocardiography and Electrocardiography Services, Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program, Professor, Cardiology and Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA