The Echocardiography Companion

Dr Gila Perk is the Director of Interventional Echocardiography at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Prior to this role, she served as the Director of Echocardiography at Lenox Hill Hospital. Dr. Perk's main area of expertise includes structural heart disease and interventional echocardiography. Dr. Perk has given many national and international lectures and has published extensively both in peer-reviewed journals and cardiology review books and textbooks. She is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography. Dr. Rambhatla is the medical director of inpatient cardiac services for the Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute of Baptist Health South Florida. He completed his internal medicine residency and cardiovascular medicine fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital of Northwell Health in New York, New York. He is published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented numerous abstracts in national and international meetings. Dr. Rambhatla was awarded the position of chief resident upon completion of internal medicine residency and also later served as chief cardiology fellow. He has committed much of his career to medical education, serving as a mentor, and helping younger trainees learn the field and pass their board exams. Dr. Rambhatla has achieved top scores in several specialty board examinations including medicine, cardiology, and cardiac echocardiography.

Echocardiography Physics.- Chamber Quantification.- Systolic Function and Strain Imaging.- Coronary Artery Disease and Stress Testing.- Diastolic Function.- Right Ventricular Function and Pulmonary Hypertension.- Aortic Valve.- Mitral Valve.-Tricuspid Valve and Pulmonic Valve.- Prosthetic Valves.- Cardiomyopathies: Dilated, Hypertrophic, Restrictive, Right Sided.- Echocardiographic Swan Ganz Cather: Hemodynamics.- Pericardial Disease.- Aortic Disease.- Congenital Heart Disease.- Cardiac Masses.- Additional Echo Modalities: M mode, TEE, 3D echo, Interventional echo.