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Protocol and Nomenclature in Transthoracic Echocardiography

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Essential Echocardiography

Part of the book series: Contemporary Cardiology ((CONCARD))

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The transducer probe is the component that houses the piezoelectric crystals (see Chapter 1) and emits and receives the sound waves (Fig. 1).

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  1. Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

    Bernard E. Bulwer MD, MSc

  2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Jose Rivero MD

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  1. Noninvasive Cardiac Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Scott D. Solomon MD

  2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Bernard Bulwer MD (Medical Illustrator and Associate Editor for Illustrations and Videos) (Medical Illustrator and Associate Editor for Illustrations and Videos)

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Bulwer, B.E., Rivero, J. (2007). Protocol and Nomenclature in Transthoracic Echocardiography. In: Solomon, S.D., Bulwer, B. (eds) Essential Echocardiography. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-977-6_3

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