Echocardiography in Systemic Disease and Clinical Problem Solving Echocardiography and Systemic Disease There are many systemic diseases with cardiovascular manifestations for which echocardiography is an appropriate component of the clinical…
Echocardiography and Coronary Artery Disease Clinical Overview Coronary artery disease is the most common form of heart disease encountered in adults. Its clinical presentations are the result of atherosclerotic disease…
Evaluation and Management of Fetal Heart Rate Patterns in Premature Gestation The potential for the beneficial effects of fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring in the patient delivering prematurely is perhaps…
Antepartum Management of the High-Risk Patient The previous chapter was devoted to introducing antepartum fetal surveillance, including fetal heart rate (FHR) testing and biophysical profile (BPP); describing methodology; interpretation; and…
Mitral Valve Disease The mitral valve was the first of the four cardiac valves to be evaluated with echocardiography. This was due to the relatively high prevalence of rheumatic heart…
Uterine Contraction Monitoring In discussions on the benefits of fetal monitoring, uterine contraction monitoring is most often ignored. The initial development of fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring was concerned with…
Alternative and Backup Methods to Improve Interpretation of Concerning FHR Patterns The majority of fetal heart rate (FHR) patterns seen in labor at some point will evolve into those that…
Masses, Tumors, and Source of Embolus Normal Variants and Artifacts: Sources of False-Positive Findings The echocardiographic evaluation of intracardiac masses is critically dependent on the ability to distinguish normal from…
Physiologic Basis of Fetal Monitoring Clinical fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring is an ongoing observation of human fetal physiology. The question being asked by the clinician is: What is the…
Dilated Cardiomyopathies Clinical and Echocardiographic Overview Cardiomyopathy represents a diverse group of diseases intrinsic to the myocardium. By strict definition, they are a primary disorder of the heart muscle and…
