Recenze Practice of Clinical Echocardiography

Section 1: Advanced Principles for the Echocardiographer 1. The Diagnostic Echocardiography Laboratory: Structure, Standards and Quality Improvement 2. 3D Echocardiography: Principles of Image Acquisition, Display and Analysis 3. The Comprehensive Diagnostic Transesophageal Echocardiogram: Integrating 2D and 3D Imaging, Doppler Quantitation and Advanced Approaches 4. Intraoperative and Procedural Echocardiography: Basic Principles 5. Intracardiac Echocardiography 6. Point of Care Echocardiography: Scope of Practice, Quality Assurance and Impact on Patient Outcomes Section 2: The Left Ventricle 7. Left Ventricular Structure and Systolic Function: Quantitative Echocardiography 8. Myocardial Mechanics: Velocity, Strain, Strain Rate, Cardiac Synchrony and Twist 9. Left Ventricular Diastolic Function 10. Digital Image Processing and Automated Image Analysis in Echocardiography Section 3: Ischemic Heart Disease 11. Echocardiography in the Emergency Department: Role in Patients with Acute Chest Pain 12. Echocardiography in the Coronary Care Unit: Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Detection of Complications and Prognostic Implications 13. Exercise Echocardiography for Diagnosis of Coronary Disease 14. Non-Exercise Stress Echocardiography for Diagnosis of Coronary Disease Section 4: Valvular Heart Disease 15. Aortic Stenosis: Disease Severity, Progression, and Timing of Intervention 16. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Role of Echocardiography in Patient Selection, Procedural Planning and Monitoring and Evaluation of Outcomes 17. Aortic Valve Regurgitation: Quantitation of Disease Severity and Timing of Surgical Intervention 18. Mitral Regurgitation: Valve Anatomy, Regurgitant Severity and Timing Of Intervention. (Including Secondary MR) 19. Surgical Mitral Valve Repair: Patient Selection, Operative Planning and Intra-Operative Monitoring 20. Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: Role of Echocardiography in Patient Selection, Procedural Guidance and Evaluation of Outcomes 21. Mitral Stenosis: Patient Selection, Hemodynamic Results, Complications and Long-Term Outcome with Balloon Mitral Commissurotomy 22. Endocarditis: the Role of Echocardiography in Diagnosis and Decision-Making 23. Fluid Dynamics of Prosthetic Valves 24. Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction: Echocardiographic Recognition and Quantitation (Including Paravalvular Regurgitation and Closure) Section 5: Cardiomyopathies and Pericardial Disease 25. Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Role of Echocardiography in Diagnosis and Patient Management 26. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Echocardiography in Diagnosis and Management of Patients (Including Stress Testing) 27. Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: Diagnosis and Prognostic Implications 28. Pericardial Disease 29. Cardiac Transplantation: Pre and Post Transplant Evaluation Section 6: The Right Heart 31. Right Ventricular Anatomy, Function and Echocardiographic Evaluation 32. Pulmonary Hypertension: Role of Echocardiography in Diagnosis and Patient Management 33. Right Sided Valve Disease in Adults Section 7: Vascular And Systemic Diseases 34. Aortic Dissection and Trauma: Value and Limitations of Echocardiography 35. Systemic Diseases Characterized by Immune-Mediated Injury: Echocardiographic Findings 36. Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders (Include Alcohol, Sleep Apnea, Liver Disease, Diabetes, Obesity): Echocardiographic Findings 37. Echocardiography in Athletes 38. Inherited Connective Tissue Disorders: the Role of Echocardiography in Diagnosis and Decision-Making 39. Aging Changes Seen on Echocardiography 40. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Patients with a Systemic Embolic Event 41. The Role of Echocardiography in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter 42. Cardiac Tumors Section 8: Adult Congenital Heart Disease and the Pregnant Patient 43. Heart Disease in Pregnancy 44. Congenita schovat popis