Practice of Clinical Echocardiography

Catherine M Otto, MD, is Editor-in-Chief of Heart, J. Ward Kennedy-Hamilton Endowed Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr Otto has combined echocardiography and valve disease expertise. She is a prolific and reliable editor, editing five other Elsevier echocardiography titles ranging from educational content for cardiologists and technicians (Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography, Echocardiography Review Guide) to practitioner references (The Practice of Echocardiography, Intraoperative and Interventional Echocardiography) and a title in Braunwald's Companion series Valvular Heart Disease.

Part 1. ADVANCED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES



Transesophageal echocardiography
Monitoring Ventricular Function in the Operating Room: Impact on Clinical Outcome
Contrast Ultrasound Imaging: Technical Aspects and Clinical Applications�
Three-Dimensional�Echocardiography
Echocardiographic guidance of structural heart disease interventions
Intracardiac Echocardiography
Intravascular ultrasound: Principles, histologic correlation and clinical applications
Hand held echocardiography
Part 2. THE LEFT VENTRICLE

Quantitative evaluation of left ventricular structure, wall stress, and systolic function.
Myocardial mechanics: Velocity, strain, strain-rate, cardiac synchrony, and twist
Assessment of diastolic function by echocardiography
Digital image processing and� automated image analysis in echocardiography�
�Part 3. ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

The role of echocardiographic evaluation in patients presenting with acute chest pain to the emergency department.
Echocardiography in the coronary care unit: Management of acute myocardial infarction, detection of complications and prognostic implications.
Exercise echocardiography
Stress echocardiography with nonexercise techniques: Principles, protocols, interpretation, and clinical applications
Echocardiographic Evaluation of Coronary Blood Flow: Approaches and Clinical Applications
Part 4. VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

Mitral valve anatomy, quantification of mitral regurgitation,�and timing of surgical�intervention for mitral regurgitation
Intraoperative echocardiography in surgical and transcatheter�mitral valve repair
Aortic valve regurgitation: quantitation of disease severity and timing of surgical intervention.
Echocardiography in the patient undergoing catheter balloon mitral valvotomy: patient selection, hemodynamic results, complications and long-term outcome.
Clinical decision-making in patients with infective endocarditis: the role of echocardiography
Aortic stenosis: Disease severity, progression, timing of intervention, and role in monitoring transcatheter valve implantation.
Fluid dynamics of prosthetic valves.
Echocardiographic recognition and quantitation of prosthetic valve dysfunction.
Part 5. CARDIOMYOPATHIES AND PERICARDIAL DISEASE

Doppler echocardiography in heart failure and cardiac�resynchronization
Echocardiography in the evaluation and management of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Restrictive cardiomyopathy: diagnosis and prognostic implications.
Pericardial Disease
Cardiac transplantation: pre and post transplant evaluation.
Cardiac assist devices: normal findings, device failure and weaning parameters.
Part 6. THE RIGHT HEART

Right ventricular anatomy, function and echocardiographic evaluation
Echocardiographic evaluation of the patient with pulmonary hypertension
Right sided valve disease
Part 7. THE PREGNANT PATIENT

The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of heart disease in pregnancy
Part 8. VASCULAR AND SYSTEMIC DISEASES

Aortic dissection and trauma: Value and limitations of echocardiography.
Echocardiographic findings in systemic diseases characterized by immune-mediated injury.
Echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac disease�resulting from�endocrinopathies, renal, disease, obesity and nutritional deficiencies.
Echocardiography in patients with inherited connective tissue disorders
Aging changes seen on echocardiography.
Echocardiographic evaluation of the patient with a systemic embolic event
The role of chocardiography in atrial fibrillation and flutter�
Part 9. ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AND CARDIAC TUMORS

General echocardiographic approach to the adult with suspected congenital heart disease.
Echocardiographic evaluation of the adult with unoperated congenital heart disease
Echocardiographic evaluation of the adult with post-operative congenital heart disease.
Cardiac tumors