Echocardiography: A Practical Guide for Reporting and Interpretation, Third Edition

Features

Provides a practical step-by-step guide with clear directions
Shows how echocardiography can inform clinical decision-making
Integrates all major international guidelines
Features a thorough update with new guidelines and normal ranges
Discusses cardiology, cardiac surgery, intensive care and acute general medicine
Summary

Echocardiography: A Practical Guide for Reporting and Interpretation is a step-by-step guide to clinical echocardiography.

This new edition has been extensively revised and includes new international guidelines, grading criteria and normal data. The book presents an up-to-date discussion of echocardiography use in both acute and critical care settings and provides increased guidance for clinical interpretation, including how echocardiography can help inform surgical decisions. In addition, the content has been extended, particularly in the consideration of valve disease and cardiomyopathies.

Providing a pragmatic approach to clinical echocardiography, the book also covers examples of conditions requiring urgent clinical advice. It contains a summary of formulae as well as supporting online images and videos.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Minimum Standard Echocardiogram
Organisation of a Report
Indications for Urgent Clinical Advice
Interpretation for the Non-Echocardiographer

Left Ventricular Dimensions and Function
LV Size and Wall Thickness
LV Systolic Function 
LV Diastolic Function
Diastolic Heart Failure

Acute Coronary Syndrome 

Cardiomyopathies
The Dilated Left Ventricle
The Hypertrophied Left Ventricle
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Noncompaction
Arrythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia

The Right Ventricle
Pulmonary Pressure and Hypertension

Aortic Valve Disease
Aortic Stenosis
Aortic Regurgitation

Mitral Valve Disease
Mitral Stenosis
Mitral Regurgitation
Specialist Pre and Post-Operative Assessment

Right-Sided Valve Disease
Tricuspid Regurgitation and Stenosis
Tricuspid Stenosis
Pulmonary Stenosis and Regurgitation

Replacement Heart Valves
General
Replacement Valves in the Aortic Position
Replacement Valves in the Mitral Position
Tricuspid Replacement Valves
Pulmonary Replacement Valves

Endocarditis

The Aorta and Dissection
The Aorta
Dissection

The Atria and Atrial Septum
The Left Atrium
The Right Atrium
The Atrial Septum

Adult Congenital Disease
Simple Defects
Systematic Study
Post-Procedure Studies

Pericardial Disease
Pericardial Effusion
Pericardial Constriction 
Pericarditis

Masses

Echocardiography in Acute and Critical Care Medicine

General Clinical Requests

Appropriateness Criteria for Echocardiography

Appendices
Left Ventricle
Critical Care Monitoring
Valve Disease
Summary of Formulae
Figures