Echocardiography: A Practical Guide for Reporting and Interpretationis a step-by-step guide to clinical echocardiography. This new edition has been extensively revised and includes new international guidelines, grading criteria and normal data. The book presents an up-to-date discussion of echocardiography use in both acute and critical care settings and provides increased guidance for clinical interpretation, including how echocardiography can help inform surgical decisions. In addition, the content has been extended, particularly in the consideration of valve disease and cardiomyopathies. Providing a pragmatic approach to clinical echocardiography, the book also covers examples of conditions requiring urgent clinical advice. It contains a summary of formulae as well as supporting online images and videos.

Introduction -- Left Ventricular Dimensions and Function -- Acute Coronary Syndrome -- \Cardiomyopathies -- The Right Ventricle -- Pulmonary Pressure and Hypertension -- \Aortic Valve Disease -- Mitral Valve Disease -- Right-Sided Valve Disease -- \Replacement Heart Valves -- Endocarditis -- The Aorta and Dissection -- The Atria and Atrial Septum -- Adult Congenital Disease -- Pericardial Disease -- Masses -- \Echocardiography in Acute and Critical Care Medicine -- General Clinical Requests -- Indications and Appropriateness Criteria for Echocardiography.