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Hurst's The Heart, 13e
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Chapter 18. Echocardiography
Sections: Echocardiography: Introduction, Principles of Echocardiography, Doppler Echocardiography: Principles and Applications, Transesophageal Echocardiography, Contrast Echocardiography, Diseases of the Aortic Valve and Aorta, Diseases of the Mitral Valve, Right-Sided Valvular Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension, Prosthetic Cardiac Valves, Infective Endocarditis, Ischemic Heart Disease, The Cardiomyopathies, Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Masses, Thrombi, and Tumors, Cardiac Tumors, Imaging of the Coronary Arteries, Ventricular Dyssynchrony and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy, References.
Topics Discussed: echocardiography.
Excerpt:"The term echocardiography refers to the evaluation of cardiac structure and function with images and recordings produced by ultrasound. In the past 30 years, it has become a fundamental component of the cardiac evaluation. Currently, echocardiography (echo) provides essential (and sometimes unexpected) clinical information and is the second most frequently performed diagnostic procedure.1 A one-dimensional (1D) method performed from the precordial area to assess cardiac anatomy has evolved into a two-dimensional (2D) modality performed from either the thorax (TTE) or from within the esophagus (TEE), capable of also delineating flow and deriving hemodynamic data.2 Newly evolving technical developments have extended the capacity of ultrasound to routine three-dimensional (3D) visualization3 and the assessment, in conjunction with contrast agents,4 of myocardial perfusion...."
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