English | 2017 | Converted PDF | 34 MB | 1085 Pages
Allan L. Klein, 1451195370, 9781451195378, 9781496380265, 978-1451195378, 978-1496380265, B01N2BHMHA
Clinical Echocardiography Review: A Self-Assessment Tool, Second Edition features over 1100 self-assessment questions to keep you up to date with the latest advances and clinical applications in the field. Written by national and international experts from the Cleveland Clinic and other leading institutions, this best-selling review tool offers a self-paced, highly effective way to assess and expand your knowledge of echocardiography and improve comprehension and retention of vital information.
Key Features:
- Over
1100 self-assessment questions with answers, many based on
interpretation of sample images, make this the largest
question-and-answer review in echocardiography.
- Over 340 online video clips enable readers to review real-life case studies to build knowledge for clinical use.
- Fully updated throughout, with many new questions and answers, new images, and updated videos to keep you current.
- Complete
coverage includes basics such as physics, artifacts, M-mode and Doppler
echocardiography; clinically oriented topics such as atrial
fibrillation, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies, and pericardial
diseases; as well as dyssynchrony, 3D and strain evaluation and newer
technologies such as LVAD and interventional echocardiography.
- Focus on congenital heart disease helps improve clinical diagnosis of these abnormalities.
- Special
sections on valvular heart disease including prosthetic valves
highlights the echocardiographic appearance of valve problems to speed
diagnosis.
- Emphasis
is placed on diagnostic interpretation throughout, benefitting
cardiologists, fellows, anesthesiologists, and sonographers at every
level of expertise.
