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Echocardiography is the most commonly used cardiac imaging technique. It has the advantages of portability, safety, and overall accuracy in evaluation of ventricular systolic and diastolic function, cardiac chamber sizes, regional wall motion abnormalities (both at rest and with stress imaging), valvular pathology, and pericardial disease. This chapter discusses the utility and limitations of transthoracic, transesophageal, and Doppler echocardiographic imaging.

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Recommended Reading

  • DeMaria AN, Blanchard DG. Echocardiography. In: Fuster V, Walsh RA, Harrington R, editors. Hurst’s the heart. 13th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2011. p. 411–89.

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  1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, UCSD Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, San Diego Medical Center, University of California, 9444 Medical Center Drive, #7411, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

    Daniel G. Blanchard MD & Anthony N. DeMaria MD

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Blanchard, D.G., DeMaria, A.N. (2013). Echocardiography. In: Rosendorff, C. (eds) Essential Cardiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6705-2_8

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