Clinical Echocardiography

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Henein, Michael Y. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2012.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Ultrasound.; Cardiac Surgery.

Echocardiography is the cornerstone of the practice of cardiology. It is used for outpatient clinics, on wards to assess patient progress and in cath labs and theatres to guide interventional procedures, device implantation and complex surgery. Yet few busy cardiologists have the time to embrace the...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Mitral valve
• 2. Aortic valve
• 3. Tricuspid valve
• 4. Pulmonary valve
• 5. Valve substitutes
• 6. Endocarditis
• 7. Pulmonary hypertension
• 8. Coronary artery disease
• 9. Dilated cardiomyopathy
• 10. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• 11. Restrictive cardiomyopathy
• 12. Pericardial disease
• 13. Cardiac tumors
• 14. Disease of the aorta.