Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography- 5th Ed. - Hardcover Book

• Get straightforward explanations of ultrasound physics, image acquisition, and major techniques and disease categories - all with a practical, problem-based approach.
• Make the most of this versatile, low-cost, low-risk procedure with expert guidance from one of the foremost teachers and writers in the field of echocardiography.
• Know what alternative diagnostic approaches to initiate when echocardiography does not provide a definitive answer.
• Access the entire text online at www.expertconsult.com, as well as echo video recordings that correspond to the still images throughout the book.
• Acquire a solid foundation in the essentials of advanced echocardiography techniques such as contrast echo, 3D echo, myocardial mechanics, and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.
• Fully understand the use of echocardiography and its outcomes with key points that identify the must-know elements in every chapter, and state-of-the-art echo images complemented by full-color comparative drawings of heart structures.
• Familiarize yourself with new ASE recommendations for echocardiographic assessment of the right heart and 3D echocardiography, including updated tables of normal measurements.

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Overview

Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography, 5th Edition enables you to use echocardiography to its fullest potential in your initial diagnosis, decision making, and clinical management of patients with a wide range of heart diseases. World-renowned cardiologist Dr. Catherine M. Otto helps you master what you need to know to obtain the detailed anatomic and physiologic information that can be gained from the full range of echo techniques, from basic to advanced.

Date of Original Release: 1/1/2013

Length: 576 pages

ISBN: 978-1-4557-2857-2

Product Code: TCH5

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Faculty

Catherine M. Otto  MD

No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Disclosure of Individuals in Control of Content

In addition to the faculty listed the following individuals are recognized by GUI as being in control of content of this program:

James Mateer, MD, RDMS (Medical Director - Planner, QI Task Force)
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Andreas Dewitz, MD, RDMS (Member of Advisory Board, QI Task Force Subcommittee)
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Vice Chair of Ultrasound Education
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Lori Green, BA, RDMS, RDCS, RVT (Program Director - Planner, Content Reviewer, QI Task Force)
President, Program Director
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
St Petersburg, FL
No relevant financial relationships to disclose

Brian Schenker, MS, RDMS, RVT (Program Coordinator, Content Reviewer, QI Task Force) 2013
Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute, Inc.
St. Petersburg, FL
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Disclosure of Commercial Support

There was no commercial support involved in the planning, development/implementation of this activity.

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