Sam Kaddoura Livres

"Echocardiography (echo), the use of ultrasound to examine the heart, is a powerful and safe technique which is now widely available for cardiovascular investigation. This simple and highly praised text is a practical and clinically useful introduction to the subject. It aims to explain the echo techniques available, outlines what they are most suitable for, and most importantly puts echo into a clinical perspective. This book will be of value to all those who use or request echo, particularly doctors in training and medical students, but also physicians, surgeons, general practitioners, physiologists, technicians, nurses and paramedics."--Back cover.

This best-selling and highly-praised book provides a practical and clinically useful introduction to echo - much of which is easy - for those who will be using, requesting and possibly interpreting it in the future. The book is aimed particularly at doctors in training and medical students. It has been proved of great use to other groups, including qualified physicians, general practitioners, cardiac technicians, nurses and paramedics. In the book the author explains the echo techniques available, what an echo can and cannot give, and - importantly - puts echo into a clinical perspective. It is by no means intended as a complete textbook of echo and some aspects are far beyond its scope (e.g., complex congenital heart disease and paediatric echo). The sections are ordered with the techniques most often used to diagnose a particular clinical problem explained first. The final chapter deals with special clinical situations. Unquestionably achieves the author's aim ... and does so with consummate ease. British Journal of Cardiology

Obra que ofrece una introducción con un enfoque eminentemente clínico a una técnica ampliamente utilizada hoy en día como  es la ecocardiografía. Todos los capítulos se han actualizado en profundidad y se recogen aspectos novedosos como la ecocardiografía 3D, todo ello basado en las últimas recomendaciones de las guías y directrices internacionales. Dirigido a médicos en formación, estudiantes de Medicina y otros profesionales interesados como los cirujanos, médicos de atención primaria, fisiólogos, técnicos sanitarios o personal de enfermería. La obra da acceso a contenido electrónico en forma de imágenes de vídeo ecocardiográficas, las cuales van acompañadas de preguntas de autoevaluación (en inglés) e información adicional para ayudar en la interpretación de los datos que permiten al lector evaluar sus conocimientos, así como ver ejemplos de las ecocardiografías descritas en el texto.