Clinical Ultrasound

Part 1 Introduction to cardiac ultrasound: history; physics and principles; equipment; examination technique; left ventricular function; Doppler quantitation - pressure drop estimation; Doppler quantitation - pulmonary artery pressure; Doppler quantitation - volume flow estimation; transoesaphageal examination. Part 2 Acquired heart disease: valvular disease; ischaemic heart disease; cardiomyopathy; infective endocarditis; prosthetic valves; cardiac masses; pericardium; thoracic aorta; echocardiography in the developing world. Part 3 Congenital heart disease: segmental approach; left to right shunts; left sided obstruction; transposition of the great arteries; right sided anomolies; univentricular atrioventricular connection; venous anomalies; congenital cardiomyopathy; great artery anomalies; coronary artery anomalies. Part 4 Echocardiography in perspective: the clinical view; recent advances.