Case-Based Textbook of Echocardiography

This volume is a step-by-step educationalechocardiographytextbook from basic principles toadvanced concepts. It is designed to rationalise and instruct readers on the rapid development in echocardiographic techniques, including real-time three-dimensional echocardiography, strain/strain rate imaging, and speckle tracking, which have greatly expanded the capabilities of cardiac imaging while overshadowing the importance of the basics of echocardiography. Case-Based Textbook of Echocardiographyoffers a comprehensive review of echocardiography from basic skills to advanced techniques, including practical information from recently published ASE/EACVI guidelines and explanatory movies and figures.Providingbalance between the science and clinical pearls, itis of great interest for all trainee cardiologists and echocardiographersand helpful to all clinicians in cardiology, internal medicine, cardiac surgery, interventio nal cardiology andpaediatriccardiology.