Anatomic Basis of Echocardiographic Diagnosis [electronic resource] /
Chan, Kwan-Leung.author.
Veinot, John P.author.
Echocardiography is a versatile imaging modality that can be performed at the bedside to promptly provide reliable anatomic and functional information useful for the management of patients with heart disease. There have been many technological advances in echocardiography, resulting in an improvement in image quality and new insights into cardiac mechanics. In order to fully appreciate and utilize these advances, it is crucial to have an in-depth understanding of the cardiac anatomy and how this relates to echocardiography. For instance, mitral valve repair is now the surgical method of choice for the treatment of patients with degenerative mitral valve disease and severe mitral regurgitation, but it requires excellent understanding of the mitral valvular and subvalvular anatomy to allow selection of appropriate patients and the detection of complications associated with the surgical repair. Anatomic Basis of Echocardiographic Diagnosis provides a systematic approach in the clinical application of echocardiography based on a comprehensive understanding of cardiac anatomy and pathology. Covered within are discussions on general cardiac anatomy, normal variants and the orientation of the heart in the thorax and its effect on the acoustic windows. Later sections cover diseases that affect various cardiac structures, such as the valves, the myocardium and the pericardium, and examine specific clinical settings in which echocardiography plays a pivotal role in the differential diagnosis and clinical management. Examples that incorporate echocardiographic images with pathologic correlations are included in every chapter, evidence of the importance of collaborative effort between echocardiographer and pathologist. Also included are many 3D echocardiographic images to highlight normal and abnormal findings, as well as numerous pathologic images providing anatomic correlates of the echocardiographic findings. The nearly 700 images have been carefully selected to illustrate key findings, and thus the book can serve equally well as an atlas and should be a useful resource to sonographers, cardiology trainees, internists and cardiologists.
Description based upon print version of record.
Anatomic Basis of Echocardiographic Diagnosis; Foreword; Preface; Contents; 1: General Anatomy of the Heart in the Chest; Atrial Anatomy; Tricuspid Valve Anatomy; Right Ventricle Anatomy; Pulmonary Valve Anatomy; Mitral Valve Anatomy; Left Ventricle Anatomy; Aortic Valve Anatomy; Echocardiography Considerations; External Versus Internal Landmarks; Summary; References; 2: Age-Related Cardiac Changes; Fenestrations; Lambl's Excresences; Mitral Annular Calcification; Calcific Aortic Valve Changes; Age-Related Amyloidosis; Age-Related Cardiac Chamber Changes; Summary; References; 3: Aortic Valve
Aortic StenosisAge-Related Calcific Valve Stenosis; Congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valve; Post-inflammatory Rheumatic Aortic Stenosis; Sub-aortic Valve Stenosis; Dynamic Subaortic Obstruction; Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis; Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Valve Morphology; Assessment of Aortic Stenosis Severity; Left Ventricular Adaptation to Aortic Stenosis; Aortic Valve Regurgitation; Congenitally Bicuspid Valve; Post-inflammatory Changes; Other Valvular Causes of Aortic Regurgitation; Aortic Causes of Aortic Valve Regurgitation; Echocardiographic Consideration in Aortic Regurgitation
Assessment of Aortic Regurgitation SeveritySummary; References; 4: Mitral Valve; Mitral Stenosis; Echocardiography Considerations; Assessment of Severity of Mitral Stenosis; Mitral Insufficiency; Anatomical Considerations; Leaflet Causes of Mitral Regurgitation; Myxomatous Valve Disease; Infective Endocarditis; Drug Related Causes of Mitral Regurgitation; Chordal Causes of Mitral Regurgitation; Ventricular Causes of Mitral Regurgitation; Mitral Annular Calcification; Papillary Muscle Causes of Mitral Regurgitation; Post-mitral Valve Repair; Assessment of Severity of Mitral Regurgitation
Quantitative ApproachQualitative Approach; Summary; References; 5: Tricuspid and Pulmonary Valve; Anatomical Considerations; Echocardiography Considerations; Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation; Ebstein's Anomaly; Carcinoid Valve Disease; Severity of Tricuspid Regurgitation; Tricuspid Valve Stenotic Lesions; Pulmonary Stenosis; Pulmonary Regurgitation; Tricuspid and Pulmonary Valve Infective Endocarditis; Summary; References; 6: Cardiomyopathies; Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM); Noncompaction of the Ventricle; Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM); Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia - Arrhythmogenic CardiomyopathySummary; References; 7: Ischemic Heart Disease; Acute Ischemia; Global and Regional Function; Chest Pain Assessment; Myocardial Infarction; Papillary Muscle Rupture; Ventricular Septal Rupture; Dynamic Subaortic Stenosis; Free Wall Rupture; Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy; Right Ventricular Infarction; Chronic Complications of Myocardial Infarction; Left Ventricular True and False Aneurysm; Left Ventricular Thrombus; Atrial Infarction; Viability; Summary; References; 8: Right Ventricular Diseases
Echocardiographic Assessment of Right Ventricle
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Echocardiography is a versatile imaging modality that can be performed at the bedside to promptly provide reliable anatomic and functional information useful for the management of patients with heart disease. There have been many technological advances in echocardiography, resulting in an improvement in image quality and new insights into cardiac mechanics. In order to fully appreciate and utilize these advances, it is crucial to have an in-depth understanding of the cardiac anatomy and how this relates to echocardiography. For instance, mitral valve repair is now the surgical method of choice for the treatment of patients with degenerative mitral valve disease and severe mitral regurgitation, but it requires excellent understanding of the mitral valvular and subvalvular anatomy to allow selection of appropriate patients and the detection of complications associated with the surgical repair. Anatomic Basis of Echocardiographic Diagnosis provides a systematic approach in the clinical application of echocardiography based on a comprehensive understanding of cardiac anatomy and pathology. Covered within are discussions on general cardiac anatomy, normal variants and the orientation of the heart in the thorax and its effect on the acoustic windows. Later sections cover diseases that affect various cardiac structures, such as the valves, the myocardium and the pericardium, and examine specific clinical settings in which echocardiography plays a pivotal role in the differential diagnosis and clinical management. Examples that incorporate echocardiographic images with pathologic correlations are included in every chapter, evidence of the importance of collaborative effort between echocardiographer and pathologist. Also included are many 3D echocardiographic images to highlight normal and abnormal findings, as well as numerous pathologic images providing anatomic correlates of the echocardiographic findings. The nearly 700 images have been carefully selected to illustrate key findings, and thus the book can serve equally well as an atlas and should be a useful resource to sonographers, cardiology trainees, internists and cardiologists.
Cardiology.
Radiology.
Internal medicine.
Cardiology.
Ultrasound.
Internal Medicine.