Feigenbaum's Echocardiography

Now available! For the updated Sixth Edition of this classic text, Dr. Feigenbaum is joined by two distinguished co-authors, William F. Armstrong, MD and Thomas Ryan, MD. Although thoroughly revised, the text retains its original intent to provide clinically relevant and proven applications of echocardiography.

Organized by clinical applications, the book includes practical guidelines on the most appropriate echocardiographic studies for a given clinical problem. More than 1,200 illustrations, including over 200 in full color, complement the text.

New Sixth Edition chapters include echocardiographic techniques, stress echocardiography, perioperative and ICU applications, and the heart in systemic disease. This revision includes five separate chapters on acquired valvular heart disease—aortic valve disease, mitral valve disease, diseases of the tricuspid and pulmonary valves, infective endocarditis, and prosthetic valves. There is new information on tumors in the chapter on cardiac masses, and the cardiac chambers chapter has been divided into two chapters: evaluation of left ventricular systolic and diastolic function and evaluation of the right ventricle and the right and left atria.

From the publisher:

The thoroughly revised Sixth Edition of Feigenbaum's Echocardiography reflects recent changes in the technology and clinical use of echocardiography. Included are detailed discussions of tissue Doppler imaging, harmonic imaging and its impact on tissue and contrast visualization, new applications of myocardial perfusion and three-dimensional echocardiography.

Emphasizing the clinical importance of various echocardiography applications, this edition has chapters on systolic and diastolic left ventricular function, infective endocarditis, prosthetic valves, contrast echocardiography, stress echocardiography, systemic diseases, and operative and perioperative echocardiography. More than 1,200 illustrations complement the text.

An accompanying DVD-ROM contains more than 900 moving cine loops with corresponding still images from the book.