For those who are likely to request or perform an echocardiogram (echo), this highly accessible, simple guide will be of great use.
Written by consultant cardiologist Dr Sam Kaddoura, Echo Made Easy provides a full introduction for using echocardiography effectively. It covers the basic principles of the techniques used, diseases and therapies of the heart and aorta, and practical advice such as how to perform and report an echo.
Fully updated in its fourth edition, this highly-praised book is a great refresher for those experienced in echo as well as doctors in training and medical students, physicians, surgeons, general practitioners, physiologists, technicians, nurses and paramedics.
1. What is echo? 2. Valves 3. Doppler - velocities and pressures 4. Heart failure, myocardium and pericardium 5. Transoesophageal, 3D and stress echo and other echo techniques 6. Cardiac masses, infection, congenital abnormalities, aorta 7. Special situations and conditions 8. Performing and reporting echo
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