Table Of ContentTwo-Dimensional and
M-Mode Echocardiography
for the Small Animal
Practitioner
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Life-ThreateningCardiacEmergenciesfortheSmallAnimalPractitioner
ByMaureenMcMichaelandRyanFries
Two-Dimensional
and M-Mode
Echocardiography
for the Small Animal
Practitioner
SECOND EDITION
June A. Boon MS
InstructorandEchocardiographer
CollegeofVeterinaryMedicineandBiomedicalSciences
ColoradoStateUniversity
FortCollins,Colorado,USA
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Contents
Preface,ix
AbouttheCompanionWebsite,xi
1 TheBasics,1
2 KnobologyfortheEchocardiogram:ImprovingImageQuality,7
3 Two-DimensionalImagingPlanesandSubjectiveAssessment,24
4 ImagingPlanes:TechniqueintheDogandCat,51
5 M-ModeEchocardiography,75
6 MeasurementandAssessmentofTwo-DimensionalandM-Mode
Images,83
7 EchocardiographicFeaturesofCommonAcquiredHeartDiseases,106
RecommendedReading,136
Glossary,137
Index,139
vii
Preface
Withincreasingaffordability,ultrasoundequipmenthasmadeitswayintomany
privatepractices.Whilstentirebooksandsectionsoflargebooksaredevotedto
thestudyofcardiacultrasound,thishandbookismeanttobeastarterresource
and a quick handy reference for fundamental echocardiographic information,
andisbynomeansacomprehensiveresourceonveterinaryechocardiography.
Thehandbookstartswiththecontrolsonyourmachine,becausepresetsdonot
alwaysworkwell,movesontodiscussingnormalimagingplanesandtheirsub-
jectiveassessment,discusseshowtoobtaintheimagingplanes,thencoversbasic
measurements of size and function, and finally reviews the typical features of
commonacquiredheartdisease.Videosoftechniqueandfeaturesofdiseaseare
utilized to help you develop the skill necessary to perform the echocardiogram
andaidinitsinterpretation.Aswithanyskillset,itwillrequirepractice,patience
andmorein-depthreadingtodevelopthesetechniquesandassessments.
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About the Companion
Website
Thisbookisaccompaniedbyacompanionwebsite:
www.wiley.com/go/boon/two-dimensional
Thewebsiteincludes:
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Supplementaryvideosclipsthatdemonstratescanningtechniquesanddisease
features.
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Chapter 1
The Basics
EchocardiographicApplications 1
SomeIndicationsforanEchocardiogram 2
CardiacAnatomy 2
OrientationoftheHeartintheThorax 3
HowTo 4
Echocardiographic Applications
(cid:2)
Evaluationof:
◦ Valvemorphology
◦ Chambersizes
◦ Wallthickness
◦ Myocardialfunction
◦ Pericardialeffusion
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AidintheDiagnosisof:
◦ Chronicvalvedisease
◦ Endocarditis
◦ Cardiomyopathies(hypertrophic,dilated,unclassified)
◦ Pericardialeffusions
◦ Cardiacneoplasia
◦ Pulmonaryhypertension
◦ Congenitalheartdisease
Two-DimensionalandM-ModeEchocardiographyfortheSmallAnimalPractitioner,SecondEdition.JuneA.Boon.
©2017JohnWiley&Sons,Inc.Published2017byJohnWiley&Sons,Inc.
CompanionWebsite:www.wiley.com/go/boon/two-dimensional
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2 Two-DimensionalandM-ModeEchocardiography
Some Indications for an Echocardiogram
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Coughing
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Exerciseintolerance
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Arrhythmia
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Pulmonaryedema
(cid:2)
Pulmonarycongestion
(cid:2)
Collapseorsyncope
(cid:2)
Murmurs
(cid:2)
Cyanosis
(cid:2)
Lethargy
(cid:2)
Weakpulses
(cid:2)
Radiographicevidenceofheartenlargement
Cardiac Anatomy
Figure1.1 HeartDiagram.Diagramoftheheartshowingthechambers,valvesandvessels
oftheheart.Flowthroughtheheartisindicated.Notetherelationshipsbetweenthemitral
valveandtheaorta,andthepulmonaryarteryandthetricuspidvalve.Fordetailsof
abbreviationsusedinthefigures,seetheGlossary.
