Echocardiography
Echocardiography has expanded greatly to become a sub-specialty in cardiology in its own right. From the original M-mode modality of 50 years ago, it has evolved into a complex multimodality method for evaluating and quantifying cardiovascular lesions. In
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Petros Nihoyannopoulos
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Joseph Kisslo
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Echocardiography
Editors Petros Nihoyannopoulos, MD, FRCP Imperial College London National Heart and Lung Institute Hammersmith Hospital London UK
Joseph Kisslo, MD Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC USA
ISBN 978-1-84882-292-4 e-ISBN 978-1-84882-293-1 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84882-293-1 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2009927906 © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2009 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publisher can give no guarantee for information about drug dosage and application thereof contained in this book. In every individual case the respective user must check its accuracy by consulting other pharmaceutical literature. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Echocardiography has expanded greatly over recent years to earn its place as a subspecialty in cardiology in its own right. From the original single M-mode modality of 50 years ago, it has evolved into a complex “multimodality” method for evaluating and quantifying cardiovascular lesions. In addition, the entire spectrum of hemodynamic assessment of the heart can now be performed noninvasively using echocardiography alone. Transesophageal echocardiography has added to the clarity of imaging and proved to be extremely helpful in valve surgery. Lately, three-dimensional echocardiography has added a new dimension and helped the understanding of cardiac anatomy and pathology in real time. Finally, deformation imaging and assessment of myocardial perfusion complete the global assessment of the heart by echocardiography by looking at the various contraction and perfusion patterns in patients with coronary artery disease at rest and during stress. Echocardiography highlights the clinical utility of these evolving modalities that are now crucial to the renaissance of echocardiography. This book provides a thorough clinical review of the most revealing and adaptable echocardiographic methods of imaging a patient. The editors and their world-class group of contributors have created an essential reference for
