MCGRAW-HILL'S POCKET GUIDE TO PERIOPERATIVE AND CRITICAL CARE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

MBBS, MD, FANZCA. Cardiothoracic Anaesthetist, Royal Melbourne Hospital; Associate Professor and co-head of the Human Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology, Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia. MBBS, FANZCA. Staff Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia. MBBS, MD, FRACS. Cardiothoracic surgeon, Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals, Victoria, Australia; Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia.

Pocket Guide to Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography Foreword List of contributors Note from the editors Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Ultrasound in perioperative and critical care clinical practice Chapter 2 Understanding the echocardiography machine Chapter 3 Obtaining the best ultrasound image Chapter 4 Core anatomy for echocardiography Chapter 5 Standard transoesophageal echocardiography examination Chapter 6 Standard transthoracic echocardiography examination Chapter 7 Introduction to Doppler imaging and equations Chapter 8 Assessing the basic haemodynamic state Chapter 9 Problems with ventricles Chapter 10 Problems with valves Chapter 11 Problems with great vessels Chapter 12 Problems with pericardium and pleura Chapter 13 Ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia Chapter 14 Ultrasound-guided vascular access Chapter 15 Education and training References and further reading Glossary Index