Part III Cardiac Abnormalities
9 Valvular Heart Disease 9. 1 Aortic Stenosis 9. 1.1 Aortic Stenosis, General Fig. 9.1 Top: Calcified semilunar cusps in aortic stenosis. Bottom: Pressure overload causes concentric left ventricular hypertrophy….
Part II M-Mode and Doppler Echocardiography
7 M-Mode Echocardiography 7. 1 Principle of M-Mode Echocardiography Fig. 7.1 M-mode echocardiography provides unidimensional imaging of moving objects over time. Only the top point of the soccer ball is…
Part I Examination
1 Imaging and Patient Position 1. 1 Transducer and Imaging Planes Fig. 1.1 Top: The phased-array transducers commonly used in echocardiography bear markings to indicate the scan plane. Bottom: The…
