Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult 3rd Edition

Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, 3rd Edition: The Acclaimed Reference

This book is the new edition of the acclaimed reference text on the most critical tool in pediatric cardiology practice. It provides comprehensive guidance on the use of non-invasive ultrasound imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cardiac conditions. Written by a team of experts from the world’s leading pediatric cardiology centers, this highly illustrated, full-color reference is an essential resource for all practitioners, instructors, and trainees in the field.

Key Features

• New Chapters: The thoroughly revised third edition features entirely new chapters on examination guidelines and standards, quality improvement in the laboratory, perioperative echocardiography, hemodynamic assessment of the neonate, early fetal echocardiography, and multimodality imaging.
• Updated Techniques: It offers updated and expanded discussion of the latest advances in echocardiography, particularly those related to speckle tracking and 3D echocardiography.
• Comprehensive Coverage: It provides an up-to-date reference to ultrasound imaging of the hearts of fetuses, children, and adults with both acquired and congenital heart disease. It also describes quantitative methods of echocardiographic evaluation, including assessment of diastolic and ventricular function.
• Extensive Visuals: Includes more than 1,200 high-quality color images as well as a companion website with over 600 video clips.
• Practice-Oriented: It covers anatomy, pathophysiology, ultrasound physics, laboratory setup, patient preparation and safety, pediatric echocardiogram protocols, and quantitative methods of echocardiographic evaluation.
• Special Topics: It discusses intraoperative echocardiography, heart disease in pregnancy, and other special techniques and topics.