Textbook of clinical echocardiography / Catherine M. Otto

"An expert consult title"--P. [4] of cover

Includes bibliographical references and index

Principles of echocardiographic image acquisition and Doppler analysis -- Normal anatomy and flow patterns on transthoracic echocardiography -- Transesophageal echocardiography -- Advanced echocardiographic modalities -- Clinical indications and quality assurance -- Left and right ventricular systolic function -- Ventricular diastolic filling and function -- Ischemic cardiac disease -- Cardiomyopathies, hypertensive and pulmonary heart disease -- Pericardial disease -- Valvular stenosis -- Valvular regurgitation -- Prosthetic valves -- Endocarditis -- Cardiac masses and potential cardiac "source of embolus" -- Diseases of the great vessels -- The adult with congenital heart disease -- Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography