Echocardiography is learned at the machine, not in a chair. What a book can do is shorten the interval between seeing something and knowing what it means — and make sure that when you do measure, you measure the thing that changes management. That is what this title is built around. Who it is written (more…)
A reference chart is only useful if you also know where each number stops being reliable. These are the values in routine use, with the qualification attached to each, following current ASE and EACVI chamber quantification guidance. On this page Left ventricle Left atrium Right heart Diastolic function Valve severity thresholds Where these numbers mislead (more…)