The Echo Manual 1st South Asia Edition

The Echo Manual 1st South Asia Edition

The Echo Manual, First South Asia Edition, edited for South Asia by Sukhvinder Singh, is a comprehensive, practical and clinically focused reference for performing and interpreting echocardiographic examinations. It is adapted from the internationally respected edition edited by Jae K. Oh, Garvan C. Kane, James B. Seward and A. Jamil Tajik.

This South Asia edition has been adapted to address regional clinical practices, disease patterns and therapeutic considerations. It combines the fundamental principles of echocardiography with practical guidance on image acquisition, measurements, haemodynamic assessment, interpretation and clinical application.

The manual covers established and advanced techniques, including M-mode and two-dimensional imaging, spectral and colour Doppler, transoesophageal echocardiography, stress echocardiography, contrast imaging, tissue Doppler, strain imaging, three-dimensional echocardiography and handheld cardiac ultrasound.

Regional case scenarios and discussions include rheumatic and valvular heart disease, chronic constrictive pericarditis, pulmonary hypertension and assessment of the mitral valve for balloon mitral valvotomy. Its clinically oriented format makes it a valuable reference for cardiologists, physicians, trainees, echocardiographers and cardiac sonographers.

Key Features

• First South Asia Edition adapted for regional clinical practice
• Based on an internationally respected echocardiography reference
• Provides a clinically focused approach to echocardiography
• Explains image acquisition, measurements and interpretation
• Integrates echocardiographic findings with the clinical context
• Covers fundamental and advanced echocardiographic techniques
• Includes high-quality echocardiographic images and illustrations
• Discusses haemodynamics and Doppler calculations
• Includes regional case scenarios and disease patterns
• Covers rheumatic and valvular heart disease in detail
• Discusses mitral-valve assessment before balloon valvotomy
• Includes congenital and acquired cardiovascular disorders
• Useful for daily reporting and clinical decision-making
• Suitable for training, examination preparation and consultation

Echocardiographic Techniques Covered

• M-mode echocardiography
• Two-dimensional echocardiography
• Spectral Doppler echocardiography
• Colour-flow Doppler imaging
• Pulsed-wave and continuous-wave Doppler
• Tissue Doppler imaging
• Strain and speckle-tracking echocardiography
• Transthoracic echocardiography
• Transoesophageal echocardiography
• Stress echocardiography
• Contrast echocardiography
• Three-dimensional echocardiography
• Handheld cardiac ultrasound
• Perioperative echocardiography
• Interventional echocardiography

Major Clinical Topics

• Cardiac chamber anatomy and quantification
• Left-ventricular systolic function
• Left-ventricular diastolic function
• Right-ventricular structure and function
• Haemodynamic assessment
• Mitral-valve disease
• Aortic-valve disease
• Tricuspid and pulmonary-valve disease
• Rheumatic heart disease
• Prosthetic heart valves
• Infective and marantic endocarditis
• Coronary artery disease and myocardial ischaemia
• Dilated, hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathy
• Heart failure and mechanical circulatory support
• Pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade
• Chronic constrictive pericarditis
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Congenital heart disease
• Cardiac masses and tumours
• Diseases of the aorta
• Assessment before cardiac intervention or surgery

South Asia–Focused Content

• Adaptation for regional practices and clinical conditions
• Greater emphasis on rheumatic heart disease
• Assessment of mitral stenosis and suitability for balloon valvotomy
• Regional cases of chronic constrictive pericarditis
• Clinical discussion of rheumatic tricuspid stenosis
• Valvular pulmonary stenosis case assessment
• Case-based discussion of marantic endocarditis
• Therapeutic considerations relevant to South Asian practice

Recommended For

• Consultant cardiologists
• Cardiology residents and fellows
• MD, DM, DNB and FCPS Cardiology candidates
• Physicians practising noninvasive cardiology
• Echocardiographers and cardiac sonographers
• Cardiac technologists
• Anaesthesiologists and intensivists
• Emergency and critical-care physicians
• Cardiac surgeons and interventional cardiologists
• Medical colleges, hospitals and institutional libraries

Book Information

Buy The Echo Manual in Bangladesh

Order the original The Echo Manual 1st South Asia Edition by Sukhvinder Singh from Century Publishers. We supply original and imported cardiology, echocardiography and cardiovascular medicine books to doctors, trainees, hospitals, institutions and medical libraries throughout Bangladesh.