An ideal resource designed to provide a complete echocardiography consultation in an easy, fast, and succinct manner. This latest update is based on the
2nd edition with additional features, enhanced functionality and ongoing updates.
Ultimate Echo Guide, is very useful while preparing for the echo boards, or as a practical tool for teaching/speaker conferences.
Key Features
- Comprise essential information for a range of commonly encountered pathologies
- Description of each echo technique (M-mode, 2-D, Doppler TTE, and TEE) include best imaging planes, diagnostic methods, diagnostic formulas, key diagnostic features, data on accuracy and prognosis, and alerts to potential pitfalls
- Newly added topic on Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy, new comparison tables and figure for findings from TTE and TEE, and additional color images
- Concise, straightforward text with bullet points allows you to access key information at a glance—a great time-saver for the busy clinician
- Specific applications address the use of echo in the pregnant patient, echo parameters of poor prognosis, echo parameters indicating surgical and non-surgical intervention, intraoperative echo, and follow-up
- Informative text and tables with summary information for up-to-date appropriateness criteria (by ASE guidelines), diagnostic methods and criteria, diagnostic accuracy, disease stratification, prognostic indicators, parameters indicating surgical or non-surgical intervention, and follow-up
- Practical content concentrating on information needed for daily or routine echocardiographic performance and interpretation
