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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The quality of the content of this book is excellent. It will be a valuable resource for any cardiologist, intensivist, emergency medicine physician, internist, physician in training, student, or midlevel provider." ©Doody's Review Service, 2022, Fares H Ghanem, M.D. (East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine) Doody's Score: 5 Stars!
Table of ContentsSECTION 1 Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology Review 1 1 Cardiac Anatomy 2 2 Cardiac Vascular Connections, Anatomy, and Ultrasound Imaging 5 3 Cardiac Physiology 17 SECTION 2 Handheld Echocardiography Devices and Cardiac Imaging Techniques 21 4 Handheld Echocardiographic Devices and Imaging Features 22 5 How to Perform Ultrasound of the Heart and its Arterial and Venous Connections 25 6 Normal Echocardiogram 33 SECTION 3 Cardiovascular Case Studies Diagnosed With Handheld Echocardiography 43 7 Case 1-A 70-Year-Old Man With Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation 44 Case 2-Tight Wedding Ring on a 68-Year-Old Man With Dilated Cardiomyopathy and New Onset Atrial Fibrillation 50 Case 3-Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery and Mitral Valve Repair for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 56 8 Case 1-A 72-Year-Old Man With Dysphagia, Dyspnea, and Ankle Edema 60 Case 2-A 78-Year-Old Man With Dysphagia and Known Coronary Artery Disease 66 9 Case 1-A 75-Year-Old Woman With Known Advanced Cardiomyopathy Presents to the Emergency Department With Recurrent Dyspnea 70 Case 2-78-Year-Old Man With Lower Extremity Edema, Dyspnea, and Weight Gain During a Long Cruise 76 Case 3-A 53-Year-Old Female With New Onset Heart Failure 83 Case 4-A 56 year old woman with dyspnea and chest pain 90 10 Case 1-62-Year-Old Man for General Medical Evaluation 97 Case 2-An 81-Year-Old Man Undergoing Workup for Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) for Severe Aortic Stenosis Presents With Severe Dyspnea 104 Case 3-Incidental Finding on CT Chest Screening for Lung Cancer in a 56-Year-Old Woman 110 11 Case 1-An 85-Year-Old Man With Remote Aortic Valve Replacement Presents With Dyspnea 117 Case 2-A 65-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea Status Post TAVR and TMVR 124 Case 3-An 86-Year-Old Man Post TAVR Presents With Dyspnea 131 12 Case 1-A 72-Year-Old Man With Fatigue After Mitral Valve Replacement 137 13 Case 1-Cardiology Consult Before Noncardiac Surgery for Brain Tumor 144 Index 150
