The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography

The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, 6th Edition, is a textbook designed for clinicians who have already mastered basic principles. Written by Catherine M. Otto with more than 65 leaders in the specialty, the volume provides guidance on interpreting echocardiographic images and Doppler flow data for clinical decision making.

Reorganized sections address advanced principles for the echocardiographer, best practices for echocardiography laboratories, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, intraoperative and interventional echocardiography, and point-of-care cardiac ultrasound. Discussions examine the technical aspects of data acquisition and analysis with an emphasis on clinical outcomes.

To aid clinical study, the textbook incorporates chapter summary boxes with Quick Reviews that outline practical approaches to data acquisition, measurement, and interpretation.