Today’s Echocardiography: A Powerful Diagnostic Tool

As a widely available and minimal-risk procedure, echocardiography continues to yield a vast amount of detailed, precise anatomic and physiologic information. With its vast applications in cardiology, this diagnostic tool is essential for cardiology fellows, medicine residents, and cardiac sonography students.

The Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Echocardiography

Dr. Catherine Otto’s Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography, 7th Edition, is a best-selling text that teaches the essential elements of ultrasound physics, tomographic and 3D anatomy, image acquisition, advanced imaging modalities, and application in specific disease categories. With a practical, problem-based approach, this textbook is perfect for those looking to master the core principles of echocardiographic imaging.

• Concentrates on foundational concepts necessary to perform and interpret echocardiographic studies and to pass board exams
• Incorporates new clinical knowledge, new guidelines, and recent innovations in echocardiographic imaging
• Covers advanced echo techniques, including contrast echo, 3D echo, and myocardial mechanics, as well as intraoperative and intra-procedural transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)

A Comprehensive Understanding of Echocardiography

This textbook provides an updated understanding of the clinical applications of specific echocardiographic findings and discusses alternative diagnostic approaches to initiate when echocardiography does not provide a definitive answer.

A thorough explanation of the physics behind echocardiography and its applications in the clinical setting is provided, along with:

• Echo Math boxes in each chapter for quick review and greater comprehension
• Updated evidence tables validating echo parameters
• An Echo Exam summary at the end of each chapter

Visual Learning Aids

To aid in learning, this textbook includes:

• Full-color anatomic drawings of heart structures matched with 2D and 3D echocardiographic views
• Dozens of new illustrations throughout the text
• Over 360 videos that illustrate the full range of cardiac disease diagnosed with echocardiography

Digital Convenience

An eBook version is included with purchase, allowing you to:

• Access all of the text, figures, and references
• Search, customize your content, make notes, and highlights
• Have content read aloud