Echocardiography Review Guide
Companion to the Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography
- 4th Edition - February 15, 2019
- Latest edition
- Authors: Catherine M. Otto, Rosario V. Freeman, Rebecca Gibbons Schwaegler, Jason Linefsky
- Language: English
In one compact resource, Echocardiography Review Guide, 4th Edition, provides both a concise review and an effective self-assessment for exam preparation. Easy-to-digest,… Read more
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Description
Description
In one compact resource, Echocardiography Review Guide, 4th Edition, provides both a concise review and an effective self-assessment for exam preparation. Easy-to-digest, bulleted text summarizes key concepts and gives precise step-by-step instructions for performing and interpreting echocardiographic studies. Study and self-assessment questions throughout help you increase your knowledge and identify areas for further study. This study guide is an ideal companion to Dr. Otto’s Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography and is a must-have resource for anyone preparing for the echocardiography boards, the PTEeXAM, the diagnostic cardiac sonographer’s exam, or other sonography exams.
Key features
Key features
- Includes updated images, content, and 30% NEW multiple-choice questions to address changes in the field and in the revised companion text, Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography
- Contains concise, step-by-step instructions and questions on all aspects of echo use and interpretation, including how to record echos, avoid pitfalls, perform calculations, and understand the fundamentals for every type of cardiac problem
- Teaches and tests in one convenient volume! Questions and answers are fed into an assessment and testing module on the website for convenient learning and review
- Helps you prepare for exams with "The Echo Exam" section included in each chapter, which features a summary of how to perform the procedure along with all the necessary calculations, and diagnostic information you may encounter
- Offers additional images and examples to help readers understand the concepts presented in the Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography
- A quick reference guide and learning tool to keep "in your pocket" for integrating your clinical experience with didactic learning
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices
Readership
Readership
Cardiology fellows, cardiac sonographers, cardiologists
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Principles of Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Doppler Analysis
2. The Transthoracic Echocardiogram
3. Transesophageal Echocardiography
4. Specialized Echocardiography Applications
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
2. The Transthoracic Echocardiogram
3. Transesophageal Echocardiography
4. Specialized Echocardiography Applications
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
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: May 30, 2019
- Language: English
About the authors
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, USARF
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, USARS
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, USAJL
Jason Linefsky
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University; Director of Cardiology Clinics, Assistant Section Chief, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia