Pulmonary Embolism

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Abstract Pulmonary embolism remains a cause of substantial morbidity and mortality. Echocardiography can be used for diagnosis, management, and assessment of prognosis in pulmonary embolism. Echocardiographic features of pulmonary embolisms…

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Identification of Intracardiac Thrombus

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Abstract Echocardiographic imaging to detect intracardiac thrombi is commonly done to identify source of systemic embolism and for risk assessment to prevent subsequent embolism. Additionally, intracardiac thrombi are occasionally identified…

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Other Common Congenital Defects in Adults

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Abstract This chapter provides a brief review of complex congenital heart disease. Included is a general approach to complex anatomy as well as examples of coarctation, patent ductus arteriosus, tetralogy…

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Primary and Secondary Tumors

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Abstract Tumors within the heart and pericardium are often initially detected by cardiac ultrasound. This chapter reviews the primary and secondary tumors of the heart. Their characteristics, benign versus malignant…

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Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis

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Abstract Echocardiography is integral to the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis (IE) because it can identify vegetations and complications associated with spreading infection, assess the severity of concomitant valve…

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Diseases of the Aorta

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Abstract Chronic diseases of the aorta, especially aneurysms, are typically asymptomatic and are often only diagnosed when detected incidentally on imaging studies, such as a transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE), ordered for…

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Handheld Echocardiography

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Abstract The field of echocardiography has evolved due to miniaturization, from increasing functionality of high end devices to the portability of hand held devices which have a footprint similar to…

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Echocardiography in Percutaneous Valvular Intervention

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Abstract Echocardiography is an essential imaging tool for structural heart disease interventions. This imaging modality is ideal for preprocedural planning, intraprocedural guidance and postprocedural assessment of every transcatheter intervention. This…

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Other Systemic Diseases and the Heart

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Abstract This chapter discusses cardiac involvement and its echocardiographic features with a number of systemic diseases including sarcoidosis, carcinoid syndrome, hypereosinophilic syndromes, thyroid disorders, hemochromatosis, muscular dystrophies, lysosomal storage diseases,…

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