Echo Made Easy , E-Book: Echo Made Easy , E-Book, Edition 4

Sam Kaddoura

Mar 2024 · Elsevier Health Sciences

About this ebook

For those who are likely to request or perform an echocardiogram (echo), this highly accessible, simple guide will be of great use.Written by consultant cardiologist Dr Sam Kaddoura, Echo Made Easy provides a full introduction for using echocardiography effectively. It covers the basic principles of the techniques used, diseases and therapies of the heart and aorta, and practical advice such as how to perform and report an echo.Fully updated in its fourth edition, this highly-praised book is a great refresher for those experienced in echo as well as doctors in training and medical students, physicians, surgeons, general practitioners, physiologists, technicians, nurses and paramedics. - Covers latest advances in the field, including diseases of the heart and aorta, and therapies such as cardiac re-synchronisation therapy (CRT) and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) - Easy to read and navigate – organised in a logical way to take you through the topic and techniques - High quality images throughout to illustrate concepts - Provides practical clinical advice for non-experts - Features 60 online questions including multiple-choice questions, cases and echo exams to test your knowledge - Fully updated with recent advances in all aspects of echocardiography - Reflects the latest published international guidelines - New online content includes echo video images with accompanying self-assessment questions - New paediatric echo and adult congenital heart disease section

About the author

Sam Kaddoura, BSc(Hons), BMBCh(Oxon), PhD, DIC, FRCP, FESC, FACC, is currently a Consultant Cardiologist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital, London. He is also an Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London as well as an Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK. Dr Kaddoura trained at the University of Oxford, the University of London and in the USA. He has extensive clinical training in Cardiology and holds a PhD in cardiovascular research. Dr Kaddoura specializes in all aspects of general adult cardiology, but his passion lies in the field of echocardiography for which he is known internationally. He was an associate editor for the European Heart Journal, a university examiner and an educational supervisor for medical students and doctors. So he has plenty of experience with working with our primary audience. He has also published in the Lancet, Circulation, New England Journal of Medicine as well as being a part of the cardiovascular disease pathways working group at the Royal College of Physicians and on working groups for the European Society of Cardiology.