Mastering Adult Transthoracic Echocardiography: A Comprehensive Guide

By Dr. Bernard E Bulwer MD, this eighth edition in the series of highly illustrated and practical guides is an essential reference for cardiac sonographers, medical students, medical residents and fellows, specialists, and medical imaging professionals.

What’s New in the Third Edition

This extensively expanded and revised edition includes:

• A greatly expanded Reference Guide with new illustrated glossaries
• 176 new pages and approximately 1,000 new illustrations and images
• The latest American Society of Echocardiography and European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (ASE-EACVI) guidelines on chamber quantification, presented in highly illustrated formats
• An introduction to Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation
• Illustrated Glossaries of three-dimensional (3D) Echocardiography, Contrast-Enhanced Echocardiography, and Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) views, with comparative Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) views side-by-side

Features of the Book

This comprehensive guide provides:

• A step-by-step practical guide to performing a comprehensive transthoracic echocardiography examination, based on expert protocols (2D, color flow Doppler, and spectral Doppler)
• Practical summaries on patient positioning, transducer maneuvers, optimal image acquisition, image orientation, and displays
• Innovative big picture flow chart summaries on how to assess cardiac structure and function
• Over 2,500 insightful illustrations, infographics, images, and flow charts to aid learning and understanding

Book Details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication Date: April 27, 2020
• Language: English
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 590
• ISBN-13: 979-8640666441

This authoritative guide is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to improve their skills and knowledge in adult transthoracic echocardiography.