Echocardiographic Assessment of Valvular Heart Disease
SECTION 1 Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis David A. Orsinelli, MD, FACC, FASE CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION The patient is an 82-year-old man with a longstanding history of a heart murmur. He…
Echocardiographic Assessment of the Patient With Known or Suspected Congestive Heart Failure
SECTION 1 Echocardiography in the Evaluation of the Dyspneic Patient Gerard P. Aurigemma, MD, FAHA, FASE, FACC CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION A 71-year-old woman, who was brought by her family to…
Echocardiography in the Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
Negative Stress ECHO CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION A 45 year old man with hypertension that has not been well controlled presents for evaluation. He was seen in the office and mentioned…
An Atlas to Explore the Current Use of Echocardiography in Clinical Medicine
FIGURE 1-1-1 “Tools” available in a modern echocardiography laboratory. M-MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY M-mode echocardiography, first displayed on strip chart recordings in the early 1970s, provides a one-dimensional, “ice-pick” view of the…
Cardiomyopathies, Hypertensive and Pulmonary Heart Disease
9 Cardiomyopathies, Hypertensive and Pulmonary Heart Disease DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY Basic Principles Echocardiographic Approach Limitations and Technical Considerations Clinical Utility Alternate Approaches HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY Basic Principles Echocardiographic Approach Left Ventricular Asymmetric…
Left and Right Ventricular Systolic Function
6 Left and Right Ventricular Systolic Function BASIC PRINCIPLES Cardiac Cycle Physiology of Systolic Function Ventricular Volumes and Geometry Cardiac Output Response to Exercise IMAGING THE LEFT VENTRICLE Qualitative Evaluation…
Valvular Regurgitation
12 Valvular Regurgitation BASIC PRINCIPLES Etiology of Valvular Regurgitation Fluid Dynamics of Valvular Regurgitation Volume Overload Detection of Valvular Regurgitation Valvular Regurgitation in Normal Individuals APPROACHES TO THE EVALUATION OF…
Principles of Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Doppler Analysis
1 Principles of Echocardiographic Image Acquisition and Doppler Analysis ULTRASOUND WAVES ULTRASOUND TISSUE INTERACTION Reflection Scattering Refraction Attenuation TRANSDUCERS Piezoelectric Crystal Types of Transducers Beam Shape and Focusing Resolution ULTRASOUND…
Ventricular Diastolic Filling and Function
7 Ventricular Diastolic Filling and Function BASIC PRINCIPLES Phases of Diastole Parameters of Diastolic Function Ventricular Relaxation Ventricular Compliance Ventricular Diastolic Pressures Ventricular Diastolic Filling (Volume) Curves Atrial Pressures and…
Diseases of the Great Arteries
16 Diseases of the Great Arteries BASIC PRINCIPLES ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC APPROACH Transthoracic Approach Echocardiographic Imaging Doppler Flows Limitations of Transthoracic Imaging of the Aorta Transesophageal Approach Echocardiographic Imaging Doppler Flows AORTIC…
