Finally, a basic echocardiography book that is clear enough for clinical use. Using basic terminology, the author explains how to record high-quality cross-section images, Doppler tracings, and measure the parameters in the clinical laboratory. Technical explanations are described "in-line" rather than referencing another area of the book.

List of Contributors. Preface. Abbreviations. Part 1 Aortic Diseases. Chapter 1 Spontaneous Ruptured Aneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 2 Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysms ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 3 Aortic Dissection ( Xing Sheng Yang & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 4 Aortic Intramural Hematoma ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 5 Giant-Cell Arteritis ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & Joel M. Felner ). Part 2 Aortic Valvular Diseases. Chapter 6 Quantification of Aortic Regurgitation Using Echocardiography ( Jing Ping Sun & Alicia Rangosch ). Chapter 7 Aortic Stenosis ( Jing Ping Sun & Joel M. Felner ). Part 3 Mitral Valvular Diseases. Chapter 8 Isolated Cleft Mitral Valve in Adult ( Xing Sheng Yang, Jing Ping Sun & John D. Merlinoi). Chapter 9 Mitral Valve Prolapse in Case with Atrial Septal Defect ( Jing Ping Sun & Xing Sheng Yang ). Chapter 10 Mitral Valve Aneurysm ( Jing Ping Sun & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 11 Mitral Valve Stenosis ( Jing Ping Sun & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 12 Quantification of Mitral Regurgitation ( Jing Ping Sun & Alicia N. Rangosch ). Part 4 Prosthetic Valves. Chapter 13 Mitral Valve Repair with the Use of an Annuloplasty Ring: The Importance of Echocardiography ( Joel M. Felner & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 14 Biological Prostheses Valves ( Jing Ping Sun & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 15 Prosthetic Mechanical Valve ( Jing Ping Sun & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 16 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement ( Joel M. Felner, Jing Ping Sun & Vasilus Babaliaros ). Part 5 Coronary Artery Disease. Chapter 17 Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicating Papillary Muscle Rupture ( Xing Sheng Yang, Jing Ping Sun & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 18 Ruptured Right Coronary Artery AneurysmResulting in Large Pseudoaneurysm ( Jing Ping Sun, Erin Galbraith & Robert D. O'Donnell Jr. ). Chapter 19 Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Ventricular Septal Perforation ( Xing Sheng Yang, Jing Ping Sun & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 20 Left Ventricular Mural Thrombus Following Myocardial Infarction ( Xing Sheng Yang, Jing Ping Sun & Byron R. Williams Jr. ). Chapter 21 InferiorWall Aneurysm Following Myocardial Infarction ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 22 Isolated Right Ventricular Infarction ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 23 Coronary Artery Fistula ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 24 Defined Location of Acute Myocardial Infarction by Two-D Strain Echocardiography Compared withMagnetic Resonance Imaging ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang, Robert D. O'Donnell Jr. & John D. Merlino ). Part 6 Pulmonary Artery Diseases. Chapter 25 Pulmonary Embolism ( Jing Ping Sun, Seth Clemens & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 26 Pulmonary Emboli ( Dale Yoo & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 27 Pulmonary Artery Dissection ( Xiaofang Lu & Xin-Fang Wang ). Part 7 Congenital Heart Disease. Chapter 28 Unicuspid Aortic Valve ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 29 Bicuspid Aortic Valve ( Xing Sheng Yang, Jing Ping Sun & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 30 Quadricuspid Aortic Valve ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 31 Congenital Left Ventricular Diverticulum ( Yunhua Gao, Yali Xu & Xing Sheng Yang ). Chapter 32 Congenital Abnormality of the Mitral Valve Apparatus ( Robert C. Bahler ). Chapter 33 Congenital Left Ventricular Diverticulum ( Lin He, Xin-Fang Wang & Ming Xing Xie ). Chapter 34 Supracristal Ventricular Septal Defect ( Jing Ping Sun, Robert D. O'Donnell Jr. & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 35 Myocardial Bridging ( Wen Xu Liu & Zhi An Li ). Chapter 36 Atrial Septal Defect ( Dale Yoo & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 37 Ebstein's Anomaly withWolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang, Alicia N. Rangosch & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 38 Double-Chambered Right Ventricle Associated with Ventricular Septal Defect ( Jing Ping Sun & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 39 Unroofed Coronary Sinus Defect ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang, Joel M. Felner, Robert D. O'Donnell Jr. & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 40 Membranous Ventricular Septal Defect with Bicuspid Aortic Valve ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 41 Atrial Septal Aneurysm ( Shawn X. Yang ). Chapter 42 Interventricular Membranous Septal Aneurysm ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 43 Congenital Interrupted Aortic Arch ( Jian Hua Wang & Gui Chun Ding ). Chapter 44 AortopulmonaryWindow and Atrioventricular Septal Defect ( Leilei Cheng, Xianhong Shu & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 45 Marfan's Syndrome ( Xing Sheng Yang, Jing Ping Sun & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 46 Atrioventricular Septal Defect ( Jing Ping Sun & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 47 Cantrell's Syndrome ( Yunhua Gao, Yali Xu & Xing Sheng Yang ). Chapter 48 Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang, Robert D. O'Donnell & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 49 Coarctation of the Aorta ( Joel M. Felner & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 50 Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis withWilliams Syndrome ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 51 Discrete Subaortic Stenosis ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 52 Cor Triatriatum Sinister ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & Joel M. Felner ). Part 8 Cardiac Tumor. Chapter 53 Inferior Vena Caval Masses ( Jing Ping Sun, William J. Stewart & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 54 The Right Ventricular Capillary Hemangiomas with Cystic Change ( Yunhua Gao, Pin Qian & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 55 Cardiac Lipoma ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang, Dale Yoo & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 56 Hemangioma in the Right Ventricle ( Hong Tang, Jing Ping Sun & Xing Sheng Yang ). Chapter 57 Pheochromocytoma ( Jing Ping Sun, Angela K. Sullivan, Dan Sorescu & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 58 Left Atrial Mass Caused by Lung Cancer ( Ming-Jui Hung ). Chapter 59 Cardiac Rhabdomyomas ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 60 Cardiac Myxomas ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang, Hong Tang & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 61 Carcinoid Heart Disease ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang, Alicia N. Rangosch & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 62 Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang, William J. Stewart & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 63 Cardiac Fibroma ( Jing Ping Sun & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 64 Right-Sided Cardiac Metastatic Pleomorphic Sarcoma ( Jing Ping Sun & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 65 Primary Cardiac Undifferentiated Sarcoma ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 66 Pericardial Cyst ( Jing Ping Sun & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 67 Left Ventricular Septal Aneurysm in Cardiac Sarcoidosis ( Xing Sheng Yang, Jing Ping Sun & John D. Merlino ). Part 9 Infective Disease. Chapter 68 Constrictive Pericarditis ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 69 Aortic Ring Abscess ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 70 Native Aortic Valve Organized Thrombosis ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 71 Aortic Valvular Flail Causing Severe Regurgitation ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 72 Perforation of Aortic Valve due to Bacterial Endocarditis ( Xing Sheng Yang, Jing Ping Sun & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 73 Bartonella henselae Endocarditis ( John D. Merlino & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 74 A Hydatid Cyst in Left Ventricular LateralWall ( Yuming Mu, Patrick E. BeDell & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 75 Acute Endocarditis with Diastolic Mitral Regurgitation ( Ambareesh Bajpai & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 76 Infective Endocarditis with Initial Cerebral Abscess and Hemorrhage ( Shan Wang, Li-xue Yin, Yan Deng, Ming-liang Zuo, Yang Yu, Zheng-Yang Wang & Shuang Li ). Chapter 77 Aortic Root Abscess with Rupture ( Xing Sheng Yang, Jing Ping Sun & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 78 Aspergillus Pacemaker Endocarditis ( Xing Sheng Yang, Jing Ping Sun & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 79 Mitral Leaflet Perforation Secondary to Infective Endocarditis ( Xing Sheng Yang, Jing Ping Sun & Byron R. Williams, Jr. ). Part 10 Cardiomyopathy. Chapter 80 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 81 Unusual Hypertrophy Cardiomyopathy ( Jing Ping Sun, Alicia N. Rangosch & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 82 Transcoronary Ablation of Septal Hypertrophy in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy ( Yuhai Ho & Zhi An Li ). Chapter 83 Primary Endocardial Fibroelastosis ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 84 Cardiac Amyloidosis ( Jing Ping Sun & Dan Sorescu ). Chapter 85 Apical Ballooning Syndrome ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 86 Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy ( Xing Sheng Yang & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 87 A Rare Case of Isolated Noncompaction of the Right Ventricular Myocardium ( Guang Zhi, Xiao Juan Zhang, LuYue Gai & Patrick E. BeDell ). Part 11 Miscellaneous. Chapter 88 Role of Echocardiography in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy ( Jing Ping Sun & Xing Sheng Yang ). Chapter 89 Cardiac Tamponade Caused by Penetrating Atheromatous Ulcer and Intramural Hematoma Involving Ascending Aorta ( Ming-Jui Hung & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 90 Iatrogenic Dissection of Coronary Sinus Secondary to Angioplasty ( Jing Ping Sun & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 91 Hypereosinophilic Syndromes ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & Joel M. Felner ). Chapter 92 Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Atria and Appendages ( Jing Ping Sun & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 93 Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interatrial Septum ( Xing Sheng Yang, Jing Ping Sun & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 94 Apicoaortic Bypass ( Jing Ping Sun, Alicia N. Rangosch, Robert D. O'Donnell Jr., Dan Sorescu & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 95 Paradoxical Strokes ( Jing Ping Sun, Xing Sheng Yang & James D. Thomas ). Chapter 96 Cardiac Tamponade Caused by Pleural Effusion ( Jing Ping Sun, Joel M. Felner & John D. Merlino ). Chapter 97 Anatomically Oriented Right and Left Ventricular Volume Measurements with Dynamic Three-Dimensional Echocardiography ( Jing Ping Sun ). Part 12 Cardiac Trauma. Chapter 98 A Bullet in Right Ventricle ( Joel M. Felner & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 99 Ventricular Septal Defect and Mitral Valve Chordae Transected by Chest Stab ( Joel M. Felner & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 100 Aorta-Right Ventricular Fistula Caused by Chest Stab ( Joel M. Felner & Jing Ping Sun ). Chapter 101 A Nail in Aorta ( Joel M. Felner & Jing Ping Sun ). Index.

"I would not hesitate to recommend this text to anyone practicing enchocardiography or with an interest in the topic. I found it particularly refreshing to read about common and uncommon pathologic conditions, some of which I encountered years ago when working in cardiac catheterization and some of which I found fascinating in their presentation, frequency of occurrence and the role of echocardiography in the diagnosis." (Literature Review, 2011)