Pocket Guide to Echocardiography
Author: Andro G. Kacharava, Alexander T. Gedevanishvili, Guram G. Imnadze, Dimitri M. Tsverava and Craig M. Brodsky
This pocket guide presents echocardiographic information in a quick-reference format ideal for use at point of care. It covers normal values, measurements, useful formulae, guidelines, indications, protocols and other essential data related to the performance and interpretation of echocardiographic studies.
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Summary
This pocket guide presents echocardiographic information in a quick-reference format ideal for use at point of care. It covers normal values, measurements, useful formulae, guidelines, indications, protocols and other essential data related to the performance and interpretation of echocardiographic studies.
Description
With its easy accessibility, low cost, and ability to deliver, essential bedside information about the cardiac structure and function, echocardiography has become one of the most relied-upon diagnostic tools in clinical medicine. As a result, more clinicians than ever before must be able to accurately interpret echocardiographic information in order to administer appropriate treatment.
Based on the authors’ experience teaching echocardiography in busy clinical settings, this new pocketbook provides reliable guidance on everyday clinical cardiac ultrasound and the interpretation of echocardiographic images. It has been designed to help readers develop a stepwise approach to the interpretation of a standard transthoracic echocardiographic study and teach how to methodically gather and assemble the most important information from each of the standard echocardiographic views in order to generate a complete final report of the study performed.
What’s included:
• A summary of TTE examination protocol and a comprehensive listing of useful formulas and normal values
• Atrial and ventricular dimensions, LV and RV systolic function, LV diastolic patterns
• Echocardiographic findings in the most commonly encountered cardiac diseases and disorders, including various cardiomyopathies, cardiac tamponade, constrictive pericarditis, valvular heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, infective endocarditis, and congenital heart disease
• Companion website with video clips and over 70 self-assessment questions
Packed with essential information and designed for quick look-up, this pocketbook will be of great assistance for anyone who works in busy clinical settings and who needs a ready and reliable guide to interpreting echocardiographic information to help deliver optimal patient care.
About the Author
Andro G. Kacharava, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Alexander Gedevanishvili, Director; Echocardiography Laboratory; West Georgia Medical Center; Lagrange, GA
Goran Imnadze, Ph D, Moscow Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery of A.N.Bakulev
Dimitri Tsverava, MD, Ph D, Chief of Inpatient Services MediClubGeorgia (MCG) – Tbilisi, Georgia
Craig M. Brodsky, MD, Cardiologist: Lewis, Gotlieb, Saltzman, Edep & Brodsky, PA, Boca Raton, FL
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