Textbook of clinical echocardiography / By Catherine M. Otto.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Principles of echocardiographic image acquisition and doppler analysis -- Normal anatomy and flow patterns on transthoracic echocardiography -- Transesophageal echocardiography -- Advanced echocardiographic modalities -- Clinical indications and quality assurance -- Left and right ventricular systolic function -- Ventricular diastolic filling and function -- Coronary artery disease -- Cardiomyopathies, hypertensive and pulmonary heart disease -- Pericardial disease -- Valvular stenosis -- Valvular regurgitation -- Prosthetic valves -- Endocarditis -- Cardiac masses and potential cardiac "source of embolus" -- Diseases of the great arteries -- The adult with congenital heart disease -- Intraoperative and interventional echocardiography.