ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY REVIEW GUIDE. COMPANION TO THE TEXTBOOK OF CLINICAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Echocardiography Review Manual fully prepares you for success on the echocardiography boards, the PTEeXAM, or the diagnostic cardiac sonographer's exam. Drs. Catherine M. Otto and Rosario Freeman, along with cardiac sonographer Rebecca G. Schwaegler, clearly demonstrate how to record echos, avoid pitfalls, perform calculations, and understand the fundamentals of echocardiography for all types of cardiac disease. All-new multiple-choice review questions and answers probe your knowledge of the latest approaches, and a completely new chapter on TEE covers everything you need to know about this technique. Plus, full-text online access at www.expertconsult.com allows you to consult this resource from any computer and view additional cine images for each case, allowing more versatile and effective learning and self testing.

New to this Edition
- Prepare for the PTEeXAM with a brand-new chapter on TEE.
- Assess your mastery of today’s clinical echocardiography with all-new questions and answers and new illustrations in every chapter.
- Access the complete contents online at www.expertconsult.com, and get more benefit from each case with additional cine images online.

Key Features
- Enhance your calculation skills for all aspects of echocardiography.
- Challenge yourself with multiple-choice questions in every chapter - thoroughly updated in this edition – covering all of the latest information tested on exams.
- Review essential basic principles with The Echo Manual, a consolidated, portable reference from the Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography.
- Benefit from expert advice and easy-to-follow procedures on using and interpreting echo (including pitfalls in recording) in every chapter.

Author Information
Catherine M. Otto, MD, FACC, FAHA, Professor of Medicine, Director, Heart Valve Clinic, J.Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
Rebecca G. Schwaegler, RDCS, Cardiac Sonographer, Echocardiography Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA and Rosario.
V. Freeman, M.D., M.S., University of Washington, Division of Cardiology, Seattle, Washington

Table of Contents
Principles of Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Doppler Analysis
The Transthoracic Echocardiogram
Transesophageal Echocardiography
Advanced Echocardiographic Modalities
Clinical Indications
Left and Right Ventricular Systolic Function
Ventricular Diastolic Filling and Function
Ischemic Cardiac Disease
Cardiomyopathies, Hypertensive and Pulmonary Heart Disease
Pericardial Disease
Valvular Stenosis
Valve Regurgitation
Prosthetic Valves
Endocarditis
Cardiac Masses and Potential Cardiac Source of Embolus
Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Great Vessels
The Adult with Congenital Heart Disease
Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography