The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography 6th Edition

Section 1: ADVANCED PRINCIPLES FOR THE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHER

• 1. 3D Echocardiographic Image Acquisition, Display, and Analysis
• 2. Principles of Myocardial Mechanics and Strain Imaging
• 3. Contrast Echocardiography
• 4. Quantitative Analysis of Left Ventricular Anatomy and Systolic Function
• 5. Left Ventricular Diastolic Function
• 6. Right Ventricular Anatomy and Function

Section 2: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY BEST PRACTICES

• 7. Diagnostic Echocardiography Laboratory: Structure, Standards, and Quality Improvement
• 8. The Comprehensive Diagnostic Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiogram
• 9. Intraoperative Echocardiography
• 10. Interventional Echocardiography
• 11. Focused Cardiac Ultrasound at the Bedside

Section 3: CARDIOMYOPATHIES, TUMORS, AND PERICARDIAL DISEASE

• 12. Dilated Cardiomyopathy
• 13. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
• 14. Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
• 15. Cardiac Transplantation
• 16. Cardiac Assist Devices
• 17. Pericardial Disease
• 18. Cardiac Tumors and Cardio-oncology

Section 4: ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

• 19. Stress Echocardiography for Detecting Coronary Ischemia
• 20. Non-exercise Stress Echocardiography for Diagnosis of Coronary Disease
• 21. Role of Echocardiography in Patients with an Acute Coronary Syndrome

Section 5: VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

• 22. Aortic Stenosis (Including Evaluation for TAVI)
• 23. Aortic Regurgitation
• 24. Mitral Regurgitation
• 25. Transesophageal Echocardiography for Surgical Repair of Mitral Regurgitation
• 26. Transcatheter mitral valve repair: role of echocardiography in patient selection, procedural guidance, and evaluation of outcomes
• 27. Mitral Stenosis
• 28. Right-Sided Valve Disease in Adults
• 29. Endocarditis
• 30. Fluid Dynamics of Prosthetic Valves
• 31. Echocardiographic Recognition and Quantitation of Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction

Section 6: VASCULAR AND SYSTEMIC DISEASES

• 32. Acute Aortic Syndromes
• 33. Inherited Connective Tissue Disorders
• 34. Hypertensive Heart Disease and Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders
• 35. The Athletic Heart on Echocardiography
• 36. Pulmonary Hypertension
• 37. Systemic Diseases Characterized by Immune-Mediated Injury
• 38. Echocardiographic Evaluation of Patients with a Systemic Embolic Event
• 39. Echocardiography in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter

Section 7: ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE and THE PREGNANT PATIENT

• 40. Heart Disease in Pregnancy
• 41. Congenital Shunts
• 42. Left Heart Anomalies
• 43. Right Heart Anomalies
• 44. Complex Conotruncal Anomalies Including Tetralogy of Fallot
• 45. Transposition of the Great Arteries
• 46. Single Ventricles