Echocardiography: A Practical Guide for Reporting and Interpretation

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Author: Camelia Demetrescu, Sandeep S. Hothi, John Chambers
Target Audience: Cardiologists, Echocardiographers, Medical Students, Residents, and Clinicians
Edition: Revised Edition (Updated for COVID-19 and Acute Care Contexts)
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Print Length: 268 pages

Echocardiography: A Practical Guide for Reporting and Interpretation sets echocardiography within a routine clinical context, aiming to synthesise guidelines into a pragmatic clinical approach to real patients. This book provides a step-by-step guide to performing, reporting, and interpreting a study, written with the calm voice of a senior echocardiographer teaching a junior colleague. This edition has been extensively revised with an expansion of sections on acute, intensive care, and emergency medicine, sharpening the debate over matching the level of scan to the clinical question.

Expanded first chapter on levels of echocardiography
New sections on COVID-19, cardio-oncology, multivalve disease, and specialist valve clinics
Incorporation of new international guidelines, grading criteria, and normal data
Guide to how cardiac CT and magnetic resonance can complement echocardiography
Reformatted text and extra diagrams and tables to improve understanding
Expert authorship by Camelia Demetrescu, Sandeep S. Hothi, and John Chambers