Two-Dimensional Real-Time Ultrasonic Imaging of the Heart

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. General

   1. The History of Cardiac Ultrasound

      • Inge G. Edler

      Pages 1-16

   2. Examination of the Normal Heart Using Reflected Ultrasound

      • Emilio R. Giuliani, Fred N. Nasser

      Pages 17-32

   3. Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Examination

      • Masayuki Matsumoto, Shinichi Tamura

      Pages 33-51

3. Valvular Heart Disease

   1. Mitral Stenosis

      • Peter M. Nichol

      Pages 53-61

   2. Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation

      • L. Samuel Wann, Charles M. Gross

      Pages 63-69

   3. Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Examination of the Mitral Valve Prolapse

      • Masahito Naito

      Pages 71-78

   4. Two-Dimensional Echocardiography Evaluation of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract

      • Arthur R. Vakiener, Navin C. Nanda

      Pages 79-86

   5. Evaluation of Aortic Insufficiency by Combined M-Mode, Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography

      • Abdul S. Abbasi

      Pages 87-92

   6. Echocardiography for Acquired Tricuspid Valve Disease

      • Richard S. Meltzer, Julius N. Woythaler, Jos Roelandt

      Pages 93-99

   7. The Pulmonary Valve

      • Rodney A. Foale, Mary Etta E. King, Arthur E. Weyman

      Pages 101-114

   8. The Role of Two-Dimensional Echocardiography in the Non-Invasive Evaluation of Prosthetic Heart Valve Function

      • Gary S. Mintz, Morris N. Kotler, Bernard L. Segal

      Pages 115-123

4. Myocardium and Pericardial Disease

   1. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

      • Nathaniel Reichek, Martin G. St. John Sutton

      Pages 125-134

   2. Quantitative Analysis of the Adult Left Heart by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography

      • Nelson B. Schiller, Jack M. Gutman

      Pages 135-145

   3. Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy

      • Martin G. St. John Sutton, Nathaniel Reichek

      Pages 147-158

   4. Restrictive and Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy

      • Robert J. Howard, Harry Rakowski

      Pages 159-167

   5. The Role of Echocardiography in the Diagnosis of Cardiomyopathy

      • Anthony N. DeMaria, Mikel Smith, Oi Ling Kwan

      Pages 169-177

   6. Two-Dimensional Echocardiography in Pericardial Disease

      • Francis J. Menapace

      Pages 179-189

5. Coronary Heart Disease

   1. Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Approach to Coronary Artery Disease: Diagnosis and Localization of Coronary Artery Lesions

      • Satoshi Ogawa, Yoshiro Nakamura, Hideo Mitamura

      Pages 191-207

   2. Clinical Utility of 2-Dimensional Echocardiography in the Coronary Care Unit

      • Randolph P. Martin

      Pages 209-219

In the evaluation of patients who have or are suspected indebted to these contributors. This word of thanks falls to have cardiac disease, the use of ultrasound is now an short of my true appreciation for their efforts. established and widely accepted approach. Since its Although an attempt was made to minimize redun­ modest beginning three decades ago, the technique of dancy, in two areas I thought that overlap was indicated. echocardiography developed rapidly. This success can The sections' Diseases of the Myocardium' and' Coro­ be credited to the cooperation between the worlds of nary Heart Disease' take up one of the most important medicine and industry. Recognizing the potential clini­ aspects of cardiac ultrasound, at present and to be ex­ cal utility of this technique, equipment companies de­ pected in the near and distant future, and the emphasis veloped better and better instrumentation, and with provided by its duplication of material in these sections competition came a leveling of the costs of this instru­ was considered not only acceptable but indeed helpful. mentation. We hope that the future will bring not only The section 'Congenital Heart Disease' also has one area of duplication, reflecting the editor's particular in­ continued improvement in technology but also a contin­ ued decrease in cost. terest in double outlet of the right ventricle.

• congenital heart disease
• coronary artery disease
• echocardiography
• heart
• ultrasound
• vascular disease

• Mayo Clinic, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, USA

  Emilio R. Giuliani

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