Comprehensive Textbook of Echocardiography (Vols 1 & 2)

Section 1:: History and Basics

• History of Echocardiography 
• Early Doppler era:: A key for a new Clinical Understanding of Cardiology
• Basics of Ultrasound
• Introduction to 3D Echo Technology
• Basics of Speckle Tracking Echocardiography
• Instrumentation of TEE included new technology

Section 2:: Echocardiography/Ultrasound Examination and Training

• Non-standard Echocardiographic Examination
• The Complete Transthoracic Echocardiography
• The Standard Transthoracic Examination. A Different Perspective
• How to Do Three-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination
• Point to Care Diagnosis with Ultrasound Stethoscopy
• Spectral Doppler of the Hepatic Veins
• Spectral Doppler of the Pulmonary Veins
• Tissue Doppler Imaging
• Speckle Tracking Echocardioraphy
• Echocardiographic Assessment of Global and Segmental Function Using Velocity Vector Imaging TM
• Contrast Echocardiography
• Myocardial Perfusion. Assessment by Contrast Echocardiography
• Assessment of Endothelial Dysfunction Brachial Artery Reactivity
• How to Do Two-Dimensional Transesophageal Examination
• Upper Transesophageal and Transpharyngeal Examination
• How to Perform a Three-dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiogram
• Three-Dimensional Examination to Evaluate Valvular Disease::  The Value of an Added Dimension
• Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Guidance of Percutaneous Procedures
• 3D TEE in the Operating Room
• Epicardial Echocardiography
• Articrafts in Echocardiography
• Intravascular Ultrasound
• Peripheral Ultrasound
• Non-invasive quantification techniques and vortex imaging
• Artifacts in Echocardiography
• Echocardiography Training

Section 3:: Vulvar Heart Disease

• Echocardiography in Acute Rheumatic Fever and Chronic Rheumatic Heart Disease
• Mitral Stenosis
• Mitral Regurgitation
• Aortic Stenosis
• Low Gradient Severe Aortic Stenosis with Depressed and Preserved Ejection Fraction
• Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Regurgitation
• Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Disease
• Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Aortic Disease
• Echocardiographic Examination of the Tricuspid Valve
• Echocardiographic Assessment of the Pulmonary Valve
• Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis
• The Role of Echocardiography in Pulmonary Hypertension
• Echocardiographic Assessment of Prosthetic Valves

Section 4:: Left and Right Ventricle, Left Atrium Hemodynamics

• M-Mode and Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Systolic Function
• How To Assess Diastolic Function
• Evaluation of the Right Ventricle
• Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of LV and RV Function
• Role of Echo in Patients with Pacemakers and Defibrillator Leads
• Echocardiographic Evaluation of Ventricular Assist Devices
• Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Atrial Function
• The Use of Echocardiography to Assess Cardiac Hemodynamics and Guide Therapy

Section 5:: Ischemic Heart Disease. Cardiomyopathies. Pericardial Disorders  Tumors and Masses

• Echocardiographic Assessment of Ischemic Heart Disease
• Stress Echocardiography
• Three-dimensional Stress Echocardiography
• Echocardiographic Assessment of Coronary Arteries
• Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiomyopathies
• Echocardiography in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• Pericardial Diseases
• Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Pericardial Disorders
• Echocardiographic Assessment of Tumors and Masses

Section 6:: Congenital Heart Disease

• Fetal Echocardiography
• M-mode and Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Assessment of Congenital Heart Disease in Children
• Real Time 3-D Echocardiography for Qualification of Ventricular Volume Heart Diseases
• Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease
• Echocardiographic Assessment of Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult

Section 7:: Miscellaneous and Other Noninvasive Techniques

• Echo in Squatting Position
• Echocardiography in Systemic Diseases
• Echocardiography in Women
• Echocardiography in Geriatric Patients
• Echocardiography for the Electrophysiologist
• Echocardiography in Life Threatening Conditions
• Continuous Echocardiographic Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit
• Echocardiography of the Lung
• Future of Echocardiography and Ultrasound
• Cardiac MRI Imaging
• How Does MRI Interface with Echocardiography
• Cardiac CT Imaging
• Velocity Vector Imaging