Clinically relevant emphasis here provides the reader with an authoritative review of what techniques are available and what images can be obtained. The multiplane probe, paediatric and 3D probes, and color flow Doppler are included.

Contents:

Volume 1 1. Normal Transesophageal Echocardiographic Examination 2. Mitral Valvular Disease 3. Aortic Valvular Disease 4. Tricuspid Valve, Pulmonary Valve and Pulmonary Artery Disease 5. Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta

Volume 2

6. Evaluation of the Cardiac Chambers, and Pericardium: Structure and Function 7. Assessment of Prosthetic Heart Valves 8. Evaluation of Cardiac Masses and Tumors 9. Congenital Heart Disease 10. Multiplane Transesophageal Echocardiographic: Specific Applications

Author Biography:

Martin G St John Sutton, MB, BS, FRCP is the John Bryfogle Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases and Director of the Cardiovascular Imaging Program at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA.

Alan R Maniet, DO, FAAIM is at the Echocardiography Laboratory, St Louis University Medical Center, Cardiology Division and Associate Professor of Medicine, Saint Louis University, USA. He was previously Director of International Echocardiography, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA.