Book[edited by] Mark B. Lewin, Karen Stout.
Summary: A volume in the exciting new Practical Echocardiography Series edited by Dr. Catherine M. Otto - provides practical how-to-do-it guidance on echocardiography for an ever-growing number of pediatric and adult congenital heart disease patients. Drs. Mark B. Lewin and Karen Stout offer you definitive, expert instruction with a highly visual, case-based approach that facilitates understanding and equips you to accurately acquire and interpret images while avoiding pitfalls. Master challenging and advanced techniques including 3-D echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography through a practical, step-by-step format that provides a practical approach to data acquisition and analysis, technical details, pitfalls, and case examples. Expand your knowledge and apply the latest findings on congenital cardiovascular abnormalities and adult congenital heart disease. Reference the information you need quickly thanks to easy-to-follow, templated chapters, with an abundance of figures and tables that facilitate visual learning. Master echocardiography techniques for pediatric and adult patients with Congenital Heart Disease.
Contents:
The pediatric echocardiogram (imaging planes, transducers, study protocols, etc) / Joel Lester and Mark Lewin
The fetal echocardiogram (same as above) / Meg Vernon and Mark Lewin
Echo in the cardiac catheterization laboratory / Troy Johnston and Karen Stout
Tee in the operating room / Denise Joffe and Karen Stout
Shunting lesions / Brandy Hattendorf and Mark Lewin
Atrioventricular canal defects. / Jeff Conwell and Mark Lewin
C0onotruncal lesions / Amy Schultz and Karen Stout
Transposition of the great arteries. / Amy Schultz and Karen Stout
Venous anomalies / Brian Soriano and Mark Lewin
Single ventricle lesions. / Nadine Choueiter and Mark Lewin
Right heart anomalies / Peter Cawley and Mark Lewin
Left heart anomalies / Brian Soriano, David Owens and Karen Stout
Myocardial pathology / David Owens, Mariska Kemna and Karen Stout
Kawasaki disease / Jeff Conwell and Mark Lewin
Thromboembolic phenomena and vegetations / Peter Cawley, Brian Soriano and Karen Stout
Implications of pediatric renal, endocrine and oncologic disease / Brandy Hattendorf and Mark Lewin
Post-cardiac transplant echocardiographic assessment / Mariska Kemna and Karen Stout.