Pocket Guide to Echocardiography

This pocket guide presents echocardiographic information in a quick-reference format ideal for use at point of care. It covers normal values, measurements, useful formulae, guidelines, indications, protocols and other essential data related to the performance and interpretation of echocardiographic studies.

Andro G. Kacharava, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Alexander Gedevanishvili, Director; Echocardiography Laboratory; West Georgia Medical Center; Lagrange, GA

Goran Imnadze, Ph D, Moscow Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery of A.N.Bakulev

Dimitri Tsverava, MD, Ph D, Chief of Inpatient Services MediClubGeorgia (MCG) – Tbilisi, Georgia

Craig M. Brodsky, MD, Cardiologist: Lewis, Gotlieb, Saltzman, Edep & Brodsky, PA, Boca Raton, FL

Forward
Preface
Abbreviations
Comprehensive TTE examination protocol
Indications and Contraindications and endpoints of DSE/ESE
Useful formulas and normal values
Guidelines for the safe use of echocardiography contrast
Atrial and Ventricul dimensions
Coronary artery territories diagram
LV systolic function and LV diastolic patterns
RV systolic function and RV diastolic patterns
Dilated, Hypertrophic and Restrictive Cardiomyopathies
Pericardial effusion, Cardiac Tamponade, Constrictive Pericarditis
Mitral Stenosis
Mitral valvuloplasty score
Recommendations for data recording and measurement for MS
Mitral Regurgitation
Aortic Regurgitation
Aortic Stenosis
Recommendations for data recording and measurement for AS
Resolution of apparent discrepancies in measures of AS severity
Pulmonary HTN, Pulmonic Stenosis, Pulmonic Regurgitation
Tricuspid Regurgitation & Tricuspid Stenosis
Infective Endocarditis
ACC/ASE Recommendations for Echocardiography in IE
Prosthetic valves
Normal Echocardiographic Values for Prosthetic Valves
Congenital heart disease
Miscellaneous
Aortic diseases
Indication for Surgery in Aortic diseases
TTE and Doppler protocols for assessment of ventricular dyssynchrony
Indications /Contraindications and complications of TEE
Routine approach to any TEE view and recommended views for evaluation of aorta
TEE probe orientation
Diagrams of standard TEE views
TEE measurements
TEE diagram of the regional blood supply to cardiac wall segments
TEE orientation for assessment of the mitral valve
Diagrams of TEE views in the evaluation of the mitral valve
References and recommended literature
Supplement
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Pocket Guide to Echocardiography

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