33 Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension Paul Robert Forfia, MD , Susan E. Wiegers, MD Pulmonary Artery Pressure and Right Ventricular Afterload Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Vascular Interaction Pulmonary…
13 The Role of Echocardiographic Evaluation in Patients Presenting with Acute Chest Pain to the Emergency Department Kirsten E. Fleishmann, MD , Sarah G. Weeks, MD Background and Principles Echocardiography…
15 Exercise Echocardiography Rosario V. Freeman, MD, MS Physiologic Principles of Exercise Echocardiography Exercise Stressors Used for Stress Echocardiography Methodology Equipment Procedure Imaging Doppler Room Layout Personnel Interpretation Diagnostic Accuracy…
12 Digital Image Processing and Automated Image Analysis in Echocardiography Johan G. Bosch, PhD Digital Image Processing and Automated Analysis: Definition and Motivation Digital Image Storage, Communication, and Compression Digital…
6 Intracardiac Echocardiography Thomas Bartel, MD , Silvana Müller, MD , Thomas Konorza, MD , Raimund Erbel, MD Equipment and Handling Procedures Guiding Device Closure of Interatrial Communications Monitoring of…
8 Handheld Echocardiography Martin E. Goldman, MD , Lori Croft, MD Background Types of Echocardiographic Instruments Reliability and Accuracy Ultrasound “Stethoscope” Education and Training Guidelines and Requirements Medical Students Medical…
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…
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…
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…
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…
