Essential Echocardiography

I. Introduction

1. Echocardiographic Instrumentation and Principles of Doppler Echocardiography
Scott D. Solomon

2. Introduction to Imaging
Dara Lee, Scott D. Solomon

3. Protocol and Nomenclature in Transthoracic Echocardiography
Bernard E. Bulwer, Jose Rivero

4. Clinical Utility of Echocardiography
Bernard E. Bulwer, Faisal Shamshad, Scott D. Solomon

II. Diseases of the Myocardium and Pericardium

5. Echocardiographic Assessment of Ventricular Systolic Function
Bernard E. Bulwer, Scott D. Solomon, Rajesh Janardhanan

6. Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Function
Carolyn Y. Ho

7. Echocardiography in Myocardial Infarction
Justina C. Wu

8. Stress Echocardiography
Edmund A. Bermudez, Ming Hui Chen

9. Cardiomyopathies
Bernard E. Bulwer, Scott D. Solomon

10. Pericardial Disease
Ashvin N. Pande, Leonard S. Lilly

11. Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Stenosis
Edmund A. Bermudez

12. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Aortic Regurgitation
Susan M. Sallach, Sharon C. Reimold

13. Mitral Stenosis
Robert J. Ostfeld

14. Mitral Regurgitation
Jacqueline Suk Danik, Bernard E. Bulwer

15. Infective Endocarditis
Nagesh S. Anavekar, Marcus Averbach, Bernard E. Bulwer

III. Miscellaneous Topics in Echocardiography

16. Role of Echocardiography in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation
Warren J. Manning

17. Cardiac Source of Embolus
Justina C. Wu

18. Echocardiography in Pulmonary Embolism and Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension
David Aguilar, Bernard E. Bulwer

19. Cardiac Masses and Tumors
Justina C. Wu

20. Aortic Dissection and Other Diseases of the Aorta
Laura Benzaquen

21. Echocardiography in the Assessment of Atrial Septal Defects
Edmund A. Bermudez

22. Adult Congenital Heart Disease in General Echocardiography Practice
Bernard E. Bulwer, Michael J. Landzberg

23. Transesophageal Echocardiography
Bernard E. Bulwer, Stanton K. Shernan

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Cardiology, Imaging / Radiology