Case-Based Textbook of Echocardiography

Basic principles  of echocardiography.- Transthoracic echocardiography, Standard windows and echocardiographic views, appropriateness criteria, and clinical implications.- Transesophageal echocardiography Standard windows and echocardiographic views, appropriateness criteria, and clinical implications.- Sedation in Transesophageal echocardiography.- Basic of 3D echocardiography, clinical use in daily practice.- Basic principles of fetal echocardiography.- Handheld echocardiography and Pocket-size imaging devices.- Pitfalls and artefacts.- Contrast Echocardiography.- Chamber quantification.- Echocardiography evaluation of LV systolic function, systolic  dysfunction and ventricular dyssynchrony.- Echocardiographic assessment of Myocardial Mechanics: Velocity, Strain, Strain rate ant Torsion.- Echocardiographic evaluation of the diastolic function and dysfunction.- Echocardiographic evaluation of the right heart.- How to assess the left and right atria in clinical practice.- Useof echocardiography in hypertension.- Echocardiographic assessment of native valvular heart disease.- Echocardiographic assessment of prosthetic valves.- Infective Endocarditis.- Pericardial disease.- Dilated cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis.- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathies.- Restrictive cardiomyopathies.- Unclassified cardiomyopathies (ARVC, LVNC).- Echocardiography in coronary artery disease.- Echocardiographic assessment of Coronary Blood Flow.- Stress echocardiography.- Echocardiography evaluation of congenital heart disease.- Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.- The Role of Echocardiography in Mitral Valve Repair.- Intraprocedural transesophageal echocardiography.- Echocardiography in the critical care .- Echocardiography and Pulmonary Hypertension.- Heart transplantation .- Echocardiography in Patients With Ventricular Assist Devices.- Cardiac masses and tumors.- Cardiac source of emboli.- Disease of the aorta.- Role of echocardiography in arrhythmia.-

Anita Sadeghpour (Professor of Cardiology ) and Azin Alizadehasl (Associated professor of Cardiology) are fellows of echocardiography and echocardiography lab faculties in the Rajaie cardiovascular medical and research center, Iran university of medical science, and actively involved in the diagnosis and treatment of a considerable number of patients. They are prominent in educational and research activities and have many national and international publications. Their previous book entitle "Comprehensive Approach to Adult Congenital Heart Disease'' published in 2014 by Springer.

They are Fellows of American College of Cardiology (FACC) , American society of echocardiography (FASE) and member of ASE Guidelines review committee. She is a member of writing group for Rheumatic heart disease guideline and standards, and head of echocardiography research center in Rajaie cardiovascular medical and research center.

Rajaie Heart Center, a 700-bed hospital exclusively assigned to cardiovascular disease, is a major teaching hospital of Iran University of Medical Sciences. It has departments of adult and pediatric cardiology, echocardiography, CMR cardiac CT, cardiac surgery, anesthesiology, nuclear medicine, research, rehabilitation, outpatients and dentistry, all in service of cardiovascular patients.