Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography

Here's the 2nd Edition of this very well-received textbook on general clinical echocardiography. For physicians in practice, this resource provides a concise and practical update on clinical echocardiography. This edition retains the overall readability, style and format of the original text with extensive updates throughout the text * including tables and figures* to reflect substantial advances in echocardiography. Line drawings and color Doppler are included to illustrate the essential principles of echocardiographic interpretation.

Chapters are organized by disease category

Frequent use of tables and charts to summarize information

Emphasis on alternate diagnostic approaches

Approximately 30% of the figures have been replaced with current examples that clearly illustrate the disease process

Suggested readings have been updated for each chapter

Chapter on Normal Anatomy and Flow Patterns has been expanded into 2 separate chapters on the normal tranthoracic and normal transesophageal examination

Carefully selected color Doppler have been chosen to illustrate basic principles