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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019965803321

Autore

Kerut Edmund Kenneth

Titolo

Handbook of echo-doppler interpretation / / Edmund Kenneth Kerut, Elizabeth F. McIlwain, Gary D. Plotnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Elmsford, N.Y., : Blackwell Publishing, c2004

ISBN

9786610197347

9781280197345

128019734X

9780470799659

047079965X

9781405128582

1405128585

9780470988435

0470988436

9781405146128

1405146125

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McIlwainElizabeth F

PlotnickGary D

Disciplina

616.1/207543

Soggetti

Doppler echocardiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-386) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Basic principles of ultrasound physics -- Principles of instrumentation and echo-doppler modalities -- Basics of fluid mechanics and hemodynamic equations -- Echo examination and echo anatomy -- Ventricular measurements and systolic function -- Diastolic function -- Aortic valve -- Mitral valve -- Right heart, pulmonary artery, and ventricular septum -- Prosthetic heart valves -- Cardiomyopathy and heart failure -- Pericardium and effusions -- Ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction -- Critical care -- Operating room -- Congenital heart disease -- Source of embolism -- Endocarditis -- Aorta and aortic dissection -- Masses and tumors -- Selected topics.

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook is intended to help the physician and sonographer to



learn echo concepts and techniques in a ""user friendly"" way, to help them perform studies and understand concepts in order to collect as much clinically useful information as possible on an individual patient. This book is written as a very practical and easy to read manual. Each chapter highlights the various aspects of echocardiography. Practical tips are displayed throughout the book. This text is well illustrated with 165 photographs and graphical illustrations. It will be useful to the echocardiographer and sonographer f