Manual of Veterinary Echocardiography

June A. Boon, MS, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Physics of ultrasound; basic physics; doppler physics; transducers and resolution; the echocardiographic exam; patient preparation; patient positioning; transducer selection; two dimensional echocardiography; M-mode echocardiography; spectral doppler; colour flow doppler; evaluation of size, function and haemodynamics; evaluation of size and flow profiles; left ventricular function; haemodynamic information; acquired heart disease; mitrl insufficinecy; aortic insufficiency; tricuspid and pulmonic insufficiencies; endocarditis; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; dilated cardiomyopathy; restrictive cardiomyopathy; myocardial infarction; pulmonary hypertension; systemic hypertension; pericardial effusion, pericardial disease, and cardiac masses; miscellaneous conditions affecting the heart; congenital heart disease; obstructions to flow; cardiac shunts; miscellaneous congenital heart defects.