Echocardiography: A Practical Guide for Reporting and Interpretation

Description

This book sets echocardiography within a routine clinical context. It aims to synthesise guidelines into a pragmatic clinical approach to real patients providing a step-by-step guide to performing, reporting, and interpreting a study. We wrote it imagining we were the calm voice of a senior echocardiographer teaching a junior colleague. This edition has been extensively revised with an expansion of sections on acute, intensive care, and emergency medicine. COVID-19 has necessitated limiting exposure of both patient and operator to infection and caused a huge increase in waiting lists. This has sharpened the debate over matching the level of scan to the clinical question and also highlights the importance of collaboration between clinicians and echocardiographers. Key Features Expanded first chapter on levels of echocardiographyNew sections on COVID-19, cardio-oncology, multivalve disease, and specialist valve clinicsIncorporation of new international guidelines, grading criteria and normal dataGuide to how cardiac CT and magnetic resonance can complement echocardiographyReformatted text and extra diagrams and tables to improve understanding Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgements Authors Disclaimer Icons and QR Codes List of Abbreviations 1 Defining the Study Deciding the Level of Echocardiogram Required The Basic Scan The Focused Study The Minimum Standard Study The Comprehensive Study Organisation of a Report Escalation for Urgent Clinical Advice Understanding the Report for Non-Echocardiographers 2 Left Ventricular Dimensions and Function LV Linear Cavity Dimensions LV Wall Thickness LV Volumes LV Systolic Function LV Diastolic Function LVEF >50%: Diastolic Heart Failure (HFpEF)? 3 Acute Coronary Syndrome 4 The Right Ventricle 5 Pulmonary Pressure and Pulmonary Hypertension Estimating PA Systolic Pressure Assessing the Probability of Pulmonary Hypertension 6 The Atria and Atrial Septum Left Atrium Right Atrium Atrial Septum 7 Cardiomyopathies The Dilated LV The Hypertrophied LV Restrictive Cardiomyopathy Non-Compaction Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricle Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia (ARVC/ARVD) Cardio-Oncology: Evaluation of Patients on Chemotherapy 8 Aortic Valve Disease Aortic Stenosis Aortic Regurgitation Acute Aortic Regurgitation 9 Mitral Valve Disease Mitral Stenosis Mitral Regurgitation Specialist Pre- and Post-Operative Assessment 10 Right-Sided Valve Disease Tricuspid Regurgitation Tricuspid Stenosis Pulmonary Stenosis and Regurgitation 11 Mixed Valve Disease Mixed Moderate Aortic Valve Disease Mixed Moderate Mitral Valve Disease Mixed Mitral and Aortic Valve Disease 12 Prosthetic Heart Valves Core Information Is there Dysfunction of the Prosthetic Valve? 13 Endocarditis 14 The Heart Valve Clinic 15 The Aorta and Dissection The Aorta Dissection and Acute Aortic Syndromes 16 Adult Congenital Heart Disease Simple Defects Sequential Segmental Approach to Assessment of Congenital Heart Disease Post-Procedure Studies 17 Pericardial Disease Pericardial Effusion Pericardial Constriction Acute Pericarditis 18 Masses Mass Attached to a Valve Left or Right Atrial Mass Left or Right Ventricular Mass Pericardial Mass Extrinsic Mass Mass in the Great Vessels 19 Echocardiography in Acute and Critical Care Medicine The Critically Ill Patient The Acutely Ill Patient Further Indications for Echocardiography on Critical Care Units Echocardiography in COVID-19 20 General Clinical Requests Appendices Index