1. The basics of cardiac ultrasound --;Physical properties of ultrasound --;Cardiac ultrasound imaging systems --;Doppler echocardiography --;2. Echocardiographic examination --;Placement of the transducer --;Two-dimensional examination of the heart --;M-mode examination --;Contrast echocardiography --;Pulsed Doppler examination --;Continuous wave (CW) Doppler examination --;High PRF Doppler examination --;3. Acquired valvular heart disease --;Mitral valve stenosis --;Giant left atrium --;Mitral valve regurgitation (rheumatic in origin) --;Mitral valve prolapse --;Ruptured chordae tendineae --;Aortic valve stenosis --;Aortic valve regurgitation --;Infective endocarditis --;Tricuspid valve stenosis --;Tricuspid valve regurgitation --;Pulmonary valve regurgitation --;Prosthetic valve --;4. Congenital heart disease --;Atrial septal defect --;Endocardial cushion defect --;Persistent left superior vena cava --;Ventricular septal defect --;Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm --;Patent ductus arteriosus --;Pulmonary stenosis --;Ebstein's anomaly --;Tetralogy of Fallot --;Double outlet of the right ventricle --;Single ventricle --;Corrected transposition of great arteries --;Tricuspid atresia --;Cor triatriatum --;Bicuspid aortic valve --;Supravalvular aortic stenosis --;Coronary artery fistula --;Anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk --;Marfan's syndrome --;5. Coronary artery disease --;Wall motion abnormalities --;Wall thickening and echo intensity abnormalities --;Complications of myocardial infarction --;Ischemic cardiomyopathy --;Examination of coronary arteries --;6. Myocardial diseases --;Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy --;Dilated cardiomyopathy --;Secondary cardiomyopathy --;Inflammatory process of the myocardium --;Myocardial abnormality due to toxic agents --;7. Other cardiac diseases --;Left atrial myxoma --;Right atrial myxoma --;Intracardiac rhabdomyoma --;Left ventricular fibroma --;Malignant primary cardiac tumor --;Secondary tumors of the heart --;Pericardial effusion --;Pleural effusion --;Constrictive pericarditis --;Pericardial defect --;False tendon --;Chiari network --;Atrial septal aneurysm --;Sigmoid septum --;Mitral anular calcification --;Aneurysm of the aorta --;Primary pulmonary hypertension --;8. Evaluation of left ventricular function --;M-mode echocardiography --;Two-dimensional echocardiography --;Doppler method --;4. Age related changes in the left ventricular function --;9. Pulmonary hypertension --;M-mode echocardiographic evaluation --;Pulsed Doppler evaluation --;10. Echocardiographic evaluation of arrhythmia --;Bundle branch block --;Wall-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome --;Atrial fibrillation --;Atrial flutter --;Ectopic atrial rhythm --;Supraventricular premature contraction --;Ventricular premature contraction --;Abnormal atrio-ventricular conduction --;Cardiac pacing --;11. Color coded Doppler flow mapping --;References --;Additional references --;Index of subjects.
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In keeping with the concept of an integrated echocardiographic examination, the two-dimensional, M-mode and Doppler echocardiographic findings are included in many of the diseases.