Practical Manual Of Echocardiography In The Urgent Setting

Practical Manual of Echocardiography in the Urgent Setting In the acute care setting, medicine happens at full speed and with little margin for error. As echocardiography plays an ever more important role in the diagnosis of patients who present with symptoms that suggest a cardiovascular emergency, clinicians must learn to collect, process and act on echocardiographic information as quickly and effectively as possible. Practical Manual of Echocardiography in the Urgent Setting covers the essentials of echocardiography in the acute setting, from ultrasound basics to descriptions of all pertinent echocardiographic views to clear, stepwise advice on basic calculations and normal/abnormal ranges. This compact new reference: Provides step-by-step guidance to acquiring the correct views and making the necessary calculations to accurately diagnose cardiac conditions commonly encountered in urgent settings. Presents information organized by complaint/initial presentation so that readers can work from this first knowledge of the patient through the steps required to pinpoint a diagnosis. Covers echo basics, from sound wave characteristics/properties to common device settings to basic ultrasound formulas Includes diagnostic algorithms fitted to address the differential diagnosis in the most commonlyencountered clinical scenarios. Designed and written by frontline clinicians with extensive experience treating patients, Practical Manual of Echocardiography in the Urgent Setting is the perfect pocket-sized guide for residents in cardiology, emergency medicine, and hospital medicine; trainees in echocardiography; medical students on cardiology or emergency medicine rotations; technicians, nurses, attending physicians—anyone who practices in the urgent setting and who needs reliable guidance on echocardiographic views, data and normal/abnormal ranges to aid rapid diagnosis and decision-making at the point of care. RELATED TITLES: Kacharava, et al: Pocket Guide to Echocardiography; ISBN: 978-0-470-67444-4 Sun, et al: Practical Handbook of Echocardiography: 101 Case Studies; ISBN: 978-1-4051-9556-0

Practical Manual of Echocardiography in the Urgent Settingcovers the essentials of echocardiography in the acute setting,from ultrasound basics to descriptions of all pertinentechocardiographic views to clear stepwise advice on basiccalculations and normal/abnormal ranges. This compact new reference: • Provides step-by-step guidance to acquiring the correct views andmaking the necessary calculations to accurately diagnose cardiacconditions commonly encountered in urgent settings. • Presents information organized by complaint/initial presentation sothat readers can work from this first knowledge of the patientthrough the steps required to pinpoint a diagnosis. • Covers echo basics, from sound wave characteristics/properties tocommon device settings to basic ultrasound formulas. • Includes diagnostic algorithms fitted to address the differentialdiagnosis in the most commonly-encountered clinical scenarios. Designed and written by frontline clinicians with extensiveexperience treating patients, Practical Manual of Echocardiographyin the Urgent Setting is the perfect pocket-sized guide forresidents in cardiology, emergency medicine, and hospital medicine;trainees in echocardiography; medical students on cardiology oremergency medicine rotations; technicians, nurses, attendingphysicians -- anyone who practices in the urgent setting and whoneeds reliable guidance on echocardiographic views, data andnormal/abnormal ranges to aid rapid diagnosis and decision-makingat the point of care.

Echocardiography Board Review, 2nd Edition 500 Multiple Choice Questions with Discussion Ramdas G. Pai, MD, Professor of Medicine, Loma Linda University, CA, USA Padmini Varadarajan, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Loma Linda University, CA, USA Echocardiography is an essential tool for the modern-day cardiologist and routinely used in the diagnosis, management and follow-up of patients with suspected or known heart diseases. This best-selling book now returns in a fully revised new edition, once again providing cardiologists and cardiology/echocardiography trainees with a rapid reference, self-assessment question and answer guide to all aspects of echocardiography. Packed with full-color images and written by experienced echocardiographers, the book covers: applied ultrasound physics practical hydrodynamics valvular heart disease myocardial diseases congenital heart disease non-invasive hemodynamics surgical echocardiography Containing 500 case-based questions, including clear explanations and discussions for every question, Echocardiography Board Review, 2nd Edition, is the perfect preparation guide for all those about to take the National Board of Echocardiography’s Board exam, including cardiology and echocardiography trainees and specialist physicians preparing for re-certification. Sonographers planning to take RDCS or RDMS certification examinations should find this book very helpful as well. Of related interest Practical Manual of Echocardiography in the Urgent Setting Fridman, ISBN 978-0-470-65997-7 Successful Accreditation in Echocardiography: A Self-Assessment Guide Banypersad, ISBN 978-0-470-65692-1 Website www.wiley.com/go/cardiology

The second edition of this superbly illustrated book equips practitioners with all the information that they will require in order to perform echocardiography appropriately and to interpret findings correctly. After clear exposition of fundamentals of the examination technique via both the transthoracic and the transesophageal approach, the functional anatomy of all normal and pathologic thoracic structures as observed on echocardiography is presented in detail. A wide range of basic and advanced applications of echocardiography in the emergency, perioperative, and intensive care settings are then described. A final supplementary section considers further applications of ultrasound in the ICU, such as in patients with respiratory failure, trauma, or venous thrombosis. This edition has been extensively revised and updated and includes entirely new chapters on various techniques and applications. It will be a tremendous aid to current best practice for all intensivists, emergency physicians, and anesthesiologists who intend to use echocardiography and ultrasound for diagnosis and guidance of optimal management in the critically ill.

This reference consists of state-of-the-art, authoritative chapters by international experts on the role of cardiac ultrasound in emergency clinical settings. Chapters include echocardiography in acute coronary syndromes, acute native and prosthetic valve disease, cardiac tamponade, acute diseases of the great vessels, cardiac-related embolism, car

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 setti

Manual of Echocardiography is a comprehensive and practical guide to the use of echocardiography in everyday clinical practice. Manual of Echocardiography contains 368 full colour images and illustrations, and is further enhanced by an accompanying DVD providing illustrations and video clips from the book “Comprehensive Textbook of Echocardiography”, also by Professor Nanda. The author team of international cardiovascular experts from the USA and Turkey ensures authoritative content throughout the book.

Practical Handbook of Echocardiography: 101 Case Studies Echocardiography is now one of the most commonly used diagnostic imaging tools, yet many clinicians remain unaware of the range of conditions echo can reveal or how echo can be used to help plan therapy. Moreover, it can be quite challenging even for the most seasoned practitioners to spot unusual conditions. Compiled by three echocardiographers with more than 100 years of clinical experience between them, Practical Handbook of Echocardiography uses a case-based approach to explain in detail the full spectrum of echocardiographic modalities and how to optimize their use in the clinical setting. This practical new book: Covers the full gamut of echocardiographic modalities, including M-mode, 2-D,3-D and Doppler (PW, CW, color flow, tissue and strain), transesophageal (intra-operative and routine) and contrast Describes cases in both clinical and echocardiographic terms including very interesting cases and the new clinical techniques Features beautifully reproduced, well-labeled, full color echocardiograms Includes accompanying DVD with real-time video clips Appropriate for physician echocardiographers and all cardiologists, as well as echocardiographic technicians, Practical Handbook of Echocardiography is the ideal concise guide to using echocardiography to make definitive diagnoses and improve patient outcomes.