16 Stress Echocardiography with Nonexercise Techniques Principles, Protocols, Interpretation, and Clinical Applications Thomas H. Marwick, MD, PhD Background Indications Choice and Mechanism of Action of Nonexercise Stressors Basic Principles Pharmacology…
42 The Role of Echocardiography in Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter Warren J. Manning, MD Echocardiographic Assessment of Atrial Anatomy and Function Left Atrial Anatomy Identification of Left Atrial Thrombi Right…
22 Clinical Decision Making in Patients with Infective Endocarditis The Role of Echocardiography Zainab Samad, MD , Andrew Wang, MD Background Basic Principles and Echocardiographic Approach Technical Details, Quantitation and…
17 Echocardiographic Evaluation of Coronary Blood Flow Approaches and Clinical Applications Nozomi Watanabe, MD Coronary Anatomy Doppler Evaluation of Coronary Flow Technical Aspects Detection Assessment of Coronary Flow Profile Clinical…
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…
