Textbook of Echocardiography

An echocardiogram uses sound waves to produce images of the heart, allowing a doctor to identify heart disease. This book is a comprehensive guide to performing and interpreting an echocardiogram, with 56 chapters covering basic and advanced techniques and seven new chapters on echocardiography and artificial intelligence, hypertension, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, Kawasaki disease, cardio-oncology, diabetes mellitus, and foetal echo. It is illustrated with 2D and 3D echo images.

Format: Hardback
Length: 950 pages
Publication date: 27 February 2022
Publisher: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers

An echocardiogram is a common test that uses sound waves to produce images of the heart, allowing doctors to see the heart beating and pumping blood. This test is crucial in identifying heart disease. This comprehensive book is a complete guide to performing and interpreting an echocardiogram. It consists of 56 chapters that cover both basic and advanced techniques for diagnosing various heart disorders. The second edition of the book has been extensively revised to provide clinicians with the latest developments and techniques in the field. Seven new chapters have been added, covering echocardiography and artificial intelligence, hypertension, arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, Kawasaki disease, cardio-oncology, diabetes mellitus, and foetal echo. Dedicated chapters emphasize the role of echo in surgical procedures and its use with electrophysiology in patients with pacemakers and those undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy. The book is extensively illustrated with 2D and 3D echo images, helping to explain the descriptive text for each topic. The previous edition of the book was published in 2017.

Dimension: 279 x 216 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789354651533
Edition number: 2 Revised edition