The thoroughly revised Sixth Edition of Feigenbaum's Echocardiography reflects recent changes in the technology and clinical use of echocardiography.

Included in this new edition are:

• detailed discussions of tissue Doppler imaging
• harmonic imaging and its impact on tissue and contrast visualization
• new applications of myocardial perfusion
• three-dimensional echocardiography
• and more!

Emphasizing the clinical importance of various echocardiography applications, this edition has chapters on systolic and diastolic left ventricular function, infective endocarditis, prosthetic valves, contrast echocardiography, stress echocardiography, systemic diseases, and operative and perioperative echocardiography.

More than 1,200 illustrations complement the text.

An accompanying DVD-ROM contains more than 900 moving cine loops with corresponding still images from the book.

Contents

1. History of Echocardiography
2. Physics and Instrumentation
3. Specialized Echocardiographic Techniques and Methods
4. Contrast Echocardiography
5. The Echocardiographic Examination
6. Evaluation of Systolic and Diastolic Function of the Left Ventricle
7. Hemodynamics
8. Pericardial Diseases
9. Aortic Valve Disease
10. Mitral Valve Disease Tricuspid and Pulmonary Valves
11. Infective Endocarditis
12. Prosthetic Valves
13. Coronary Artery Disease
14. Stress Echocardiography
15. Cardiomyopathies
16. Congenital Heart Diseases
17. ICU and Operative/Perioperative Applications
18. Diseases of the Aorta
19. Masses, Tumors, and Source of Embolus
20. Echocardiography in Systemis Disease and Clinical Problem Solving

Index

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