Cardiac Ultrasound

A comprehensive textbook on cardiac ultrasound that presents the current state of the art and reflects the original work done in Europe during the last two decades. The editors are, or have been, members of the staff of the Thoraxcenter at the Erasmus University Hospital in Rotterdam. The volume contains 95 chapters on different aspects of echocardiography, grouped in ten sections: general principles of cardiac ultrasound; the normal examination; valvular heart disease; non-ischemic cardiomyopathies; ischemic heart disease; miscellaneous; congenital heart disease; intraoperative echocardiography; endovascular imaging; and specific cardiac conditions. Thoroughly illustrated throughout in both color and b&w. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.