Pocket Guide to Echocardiography: With Website

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Echocardiography has become a vital diagnostic tool in clinical medicine due to its accessibility, low cost, and ability to provide essential information about cardiac structure and function. As more clinicians are required to interpret echocardiographic data accurately for effective treatment, this pocketbook offers reliable guidance on everyday clinical cardiac ultrasound and image interpretation. Drawing from the authors' extensive teaching experience in busy clinical environments, it presents a stepwise approach to interpreting standard transthoracic echocardiographic studies. Readers will learn to methodically gather and assemble key information from standard views to create comprehensive final reports. Included are a summary of TTE examination protocols, a list of useful formulas and normal values, and details on atrial and ventricular dimensions, LV and RV systolic function, and LV diastolic patterns. The book also covers echocardiographic findings for common cardiac diseases such as cardiomyopathies, cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis, valvular heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, infective endocarditis, and congenital heart disease. A companion website features video clips and over 70 self-assessment questions. This pocketbook is packed with essential information for quick reference, making it an invaluable resource for those in fast-paced clinical settings needing a dependable guide to echocardiographic