CREATESPACE How To Do An Echo Exam: Second Edition: Volume 8 (Echocardiography Illustrated)

This book is the eighth in the series of the most highly illustrated and practical guides on the essential foundations in adult transthoracic echocardiography.An essential reference for cardiac sonographers, medical students, medical residents and fellows, specialists, and the medical imaging specialties.WHAT’S NEW IN THE SECOND EDITIONGreatly expanded Reference Guide, with updated Figures and Tables ... 200 pages and several hundred illustrations and images added!Includes the most recent American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASE-EACVI) guidelines on chamber quantification, using highly illustrated formats.Future access to online updates and corresponding video clips.Illustrated glossary of the Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) views, with comparative Transthoracic Echoardiography (TTE) views side-by-side. FEATURESA step-by-step practical guide to the performance of the comprehensive transthoracic echocardiography examination, based on expert protocols - 2D, color flow Doppler, and spectral Doppler.Practical summaries on patient positioning, transducer maneuvers, optimal image acquisition, image orientation, and displays.Innovative “big picture” flow chart summaries on “How to Assess” cardiac structure and function.Over 1,500 insightful illustrations, infographics, images, and flow charts.