Glossary -- Key equations -- -- Principles of echocardiographic image acquisition and Doppler analysis -- Normal anatomy and flow patterns on transthoracic echocardiography -- Transesophageal echocardiography -- Specialized echocardiography applications -- 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 -- Appendices. Normal values for echocardiographic measurements -- Evidence tables.