Ultrasound in Cardiology

Part One: Fundamental Principles of Cardiac Ultrasound Diagnosis: 1. Fundamentals of Echocardiography; 2. Conventional Echocardiography: Examination Procedure, Fundamental Measurement and Assessment Tasks; 3. Conventional Doppler Echocardiography and Doppler Color Flow Imaging: Examination Procedure and Assessment Tasks; 4. Computer-Assisted Cardiac Ultrasound Diagnosis; 5. Interventional Echocardiography; 6. Cardiac Ultrasound Diagnosis in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine; 7. Perspectives of Therapeutic Cardiac Ultrasound; Part Two: Clinical Applications of Cardiac Ultrasound Diagnosis: 8. Congenital Heart Disease; 9. Myocardial Disease; 10. Valvular Heart Disease; 11. Assessment of Prosthetic Valve Function; 12. Infective Endocarditis; 13. HIV-Related Heart Diseases; 14. Ischemic Heart Disease; 15. Intra-and Extracardiac Masses; 16. Pericardial Disease; 17. Ultrasound Assessment of the Transplanted Heart; 18. Myocardial Hypertrophy and Hypertensive Heart Disease; 19. Diseases of the Aorta; 20. Cor Pulmonale and Pulmonary Embolism; 21. State of the Art: The Heart Surgeon's Point of View; 22. Conclusions