Echocardiography: A Practical Guide for Reporting and Interpretation, Third Edition

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by  Helen Rimington (Author), John Chambers (Author)

Echocardiography

Echocardiography
A Practical Guide for Reporting and
Interpretation
Third edition
Helen Rimington BSc, PhD
Consultant Cardiac Physiologist
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London
John B. Chambers MD, FESC, FACC
Professor of Clinical Cardiology
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London
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Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
Author biographies xiii
Icons and QR codes xiv
Abbreviations xv
1 Introduction 1
Minimum standard echocardiogram 1
Organisation of a report 2
Indications for urgent clinical advice 4
Interpretation for the non-echocardiographer 5
2 Left ventricular dimensions and function 7
LV size and wall thickness 7
LV systolic function 10
LV diastolic function 15
Diastolic heart failure 18
3 Acute coronary syndrome 21
4 Cardiomyopathies 27
The dilated left ventricle 27
The hypertrophied left ventricle 32
Restrictive cardiomyopathy 37
Noncompaction 39
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia 41
5 The right ventricle 47
6 Pulmonary pressure and hypertension 53
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7 Aortic valve disease 59
Aortic stenosis 59
Aortic regurgitation 67
8 Mitral valve disease 75
Mitral stenosis 75
Mitral regurgitation 80
Specialist pre- and postoperative assessment 88
9 Right-sided valve disease 95
Tricuspid regurgitation 95
Tricuspid stenosis 99
Pulmonary stenosis and regurgitation 101
10 Replacement heart valves 109
General 109
Replacement valves in the aortic position 113
Replacement valves in the mitral position 117
Replacement valves in the tricuspid position 120
Replacement valves in the pulmonary position 122
11 Endocarditis 125
12 The aorta and dissection 131
The aorta 131
Dissection 136
13 The atria and atrial septum 141
The left atrium 141
The right atrium 141
The atrial septum 142
14 Adult congenital disease 149
Simple defects 150
Systematic study 159
Post-procedure studies 162
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15 Pericardial disease 167
Pericardial effusion 167
Pericardial constriction 172
Pericarditis 176
16 Masses 179
17 Echocardiography in acute and critical
care medicine 191
18 General clinical requests 199
19 Indications and appropriateness
criteria for echocardiography 207
Appendices 213
Appendix 1 Left ventricle 213
Appendix 2 Critical care monitoring 216
Appendix 3 Valve disease 220
Appendix 4 Summary of formulae 227
Appendix 5 Figures 229
Index 233
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