Practical Manual of Echocardiography in the Urgent Setting (Wiley, 2013)
Acute pulmonary hypertension/pulmonary embolism
ReferencesChapter 6 Right-sided heart valves; Tricuspid valve; Tricuspid regurgitation; Tricuspid stenosis; Pulmonic valve; Pulmonic stenosis; Pulmonic regurgitation; Qp/Qs: Pulmonary to systemic flow ratio; References; Chapter 7 Prosthetic heart valves; Echocardiographic approach to prosthetic heart valves; Approach to suspected valve dysfunction; Structural valve failure; Thrombosis (Figure 7.4) ; Pannus formation; Thrombus versus pannus; Endocarditis (Figures 7.5 and 7.6) ; Valve-prosthesis patient mismatch; Pseudo-regurgitation; References; Chapter 8 The great vessels; Aorta
This proposed book would cover all aspects of basic echocardiography: the nuts and bolts of ultrasound imaging, all of the views involved in an echocardiogram, step by step guides on how to perform all basic calculations and the normal/abnormal ranges for such calculations, descriptions of views/calculations to perform in any cardiac emergency situations. More importantly, it will include specific diagnostic algorithms fitted to address the differential diagnosis in a variety clinical scenarios. This book is aimed at everybody who is learning to perform and interpret echocardiograms
Includes bibliographical references and index