Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"Today's echocardiography continues to be a low-cost, minimal-risk procedure with the potential to yield a vast amount of detailed, precise anatomic and physiologic information. Dr. Catherine Otto's Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography, 6th Edition, clearly outlines how to master the core principles of echocardiographic imaging in order to make an initial diagnosis and integrate this data in clinical decision making for patients with a wide range of cardiovascular diseases. Ideal for cardiology fellows, medicine residents, and cardiac sonography students, this bestselling text teaches all the essential elements of ultrasound physics, tomographic and 3D anatomy, image acquisition, advanced imaging modalities, and application in specific disease categories- all with a practical, problem-based approach"--Publisher's description.