Echocardiography in Clinical Practice

Designed for primary care physicians and physicians in specialties other than cardiology, Echocardiography in Clinical Practice provides clear, expert guidance on when echocardiographic assessment is and is not appropriate. It provides guidelines that adhere to the most recent American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association indications for echocardiography.The book opens with a summary of indications for echocardiography followed by coverage of echocardiographic techniques, normal ranges and variants, suspected heart failure, patients with murmurs, hypertension, arrhythmias, stroke, transient ischemic attack and peripheral emboli, myocardial infarction, and pericardial disease. You get concise, at-a-glance information, numerous color illustrations, and state-of-the-art echocardiographic data. Most books on this subject are written from a technical standpoint. But the use of echocardiography long ago expanded beyond the boundaries of the specialized cardiac unit. General physicians, general practitioners, and primary care physicians now request an increasing proportion of studies and need to know what clinical questions modern echocardiography can answer. Echocardiography in Clinical Practice provides this information and more.

ISBN 1842141082   Pages 100 ISBN13 9781842141083 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Informa Healthcare   Weight (grammes) 531 Imprint Informa Healthcare   Published in London Format Hardback   Height (mm) 229 Publication date 11 Dec 2001   Width (mm) 152 Library of Congress 2001050050   Spine width (mm) 12 DEWEY 616.1207543   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Preface		7
		Key to figure abbreviations		8
1		Echocardiographic techniques		9
2		The normal heart: Normal ranges and normal variants		23
3		Suspected heart failure		35
4		The patient with a murmur		47
5		Hypertension		63
6		Arrhythmias		69
7		Stroke, transient ischemic attack and peripheral emboli		73
8		Myocardial infarction		79
9		Pericardial disease		83
10		Aorta		87
11		Screening		91
		Index		95

"offers an excellent read for anyone who wants to understand the basics of echocardiography - with clear illustrated examplesI found the book very easy to read and wish it had been around when I started to learn the techniques. Generalists who seek a working knowledge of echocardiography will appreciate the focus on clinical problem-solving. I recommend this book, with its uncomplicated style, to any healthcare professional or student who wished to get a grip on these ubiquitous investigations." - B. Chandresekaran, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

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