The The Echo Manual
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: October 1, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9780781748537
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; methods; Handbooks; Diagnostic Imaging; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Handbooks & Manuals; Cardiology; Medical / Cardiology; Echocardiography; Handbooks, manuals, etc
First sentence: Echocardiography is one of the most frequently used techniques for diagnosing cardiovascular diseases.
Description: Thoroughly updated for its Third Edition, this manual is a practical guide to the performance, interpretation, and clinical applications of echocardiography. The Echo Manual is written by recognized authorities at the Mayo Clinic and provides a concise, user-friendly summary of techniques, diagnostic criteria, and quantitative methods for both echocardiography and Doppler echocardiography. Discussion of each clinical problem also includes transesophageal echocardiography. This edition covers the latest techniques, standards, and applications and includes new contrast agents. All references have been updated. More than 900 images--well annotated and true to gray scale and color--give readers an immediate grasp of salient points.