Overview

Over the past twenty years, stress echocardiography has developed into a well-established technique that is versatile, patient friendly, and relatively inexpensive. This new, extensively revised and enlarged edition of Stress Echocardiography documents all of the very significant advances made since the fourth edition. The early chapters place the technique within a historical context and describe its pathophysiological basis. Thereafter, all aspects of stress echocardiography are discussed, clearly and in detail, by the distinguished pioneer, Eugenio Picano, and other contributors carefully selected for their expertise. Both mainstream and emerging applications are explained, and systematic comparisons with competing and complementary cardiac imaging techniques are provided. The text is supported by a large number of high-quality illustrations. This book is invaluable not only to cardiologists but also to non-experts, such as technicians and students.

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Author:   Eugenio Picano
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   5th ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.061kg
ISBN:  

9783540764656

ISBN 10:   3540764658
Pages:   612
Publication Date:   15 April 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section 1. Basic Principles, Methodology and Pathophysiology 1. Stress echocardiography: a historical and societal perspective (E. Picano) 2. Anatomical and functional targets of stress testing (E. Picano) 3. Symptoms and signs of myocardial ischemia (E. Picano) 4. Rational basis of stress echocardiography (F. Recchia, E. Picano) 5. Pathogenetic mechanisms of stress (E. Picano) 6. Echocardiographic signs of ischemia (E. Picano) 7. Segmentation of the left ventricle (E. Picano.) 8. Right heart stress echocardiography (E. Picano, E. Grunig, JA. San Roman, K. Damon, NB. Schiller) 9. Coronary flow reserve (F. Rigo, J. Lowenstein,E. Picano) 10. Stress echocardiography: instructions for use (E. Picano) Section 2. Stresses: how, when and why 11. Exercise echocardiography (L. Pierard, E. Picano) 12. Dobutamine stress echocardiography (E. Picano) 13. Dipyridamole stress echocardiography (E. Picano) 14. Adenosine stress echocardiography (M. Ostojic, R. Citro, E. Picano) 15. Pacing stress echocardiography (E. Picano) 16. Ergonovine stress echocardiography (JK. Song, E. Picano) 17. Hyperventilation and cold pressor test (E. Picano) 18. Grading to ischemic response (E. Picano) 19. Diagnostic results and indications (E. Picano) 20. Myocardial viability (L. Pierard, E. Picano) 21. Diagnostic flowcharts (E. Picano) 22. Prognosis (E. Picano) Section 3. New technologies and new diagnostic targets 23. New technologies (TH. Marwick, AC. Borges, E. Picano) 24. Contrast stress echo: endocardial, borders, myocardial perfusion, cellular receptors (MJ. Monaghan, E. Picano) 25. Diastolic stress echo (M. Galderisi, E. Picano) 26. Endothelial dysfunction and vascular stress echocardiography (E. Picano) Section 4. In front of the patient. Clinical applications in different patient subsets. 27. Special subsets of angiographically defined patients (E. Picano) 28. Special subsets of electrocardiographically defined patients (E. Picano) 29. Special subsets of clinically defined patients (R. Sicari, G. Bedetti, E. Picano) 30. Microvascular disease (PG. Camici, E. Picano) 31. Hypertensive (E. Picano) 32. Diabetes (L. Cortigiani, E. Picano) 33. Stress echocardiography in dilated cardiomyopathy (E. Picano) 34. Stress echocardiography in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (E. Picano) 35. Stress echocardiography after cardiac transplantation (T. Bombardini, G. Arpesella, E. Picano) 36. Stress Doppler echocardiography in valvular heart disease (E. Picano, P. Pibarot, JL. Monin,RO. Bonow, P. Lancellotti) 37. Stress echo in children (MN. Henein, E. Picano) Section 5. Comparison with other imaging techniques 38. Stress echocardiography and nuclear imaging (TH. Marwick, E. Picano) 39. Stress echo vs MSCT (W. Wijns, E. Picano) 40. Stress echo vs cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (J. Schwitter, E. Picano) 41. Stress echo and the imperative of appropriateness (E. Picano) Section 1. Basic Principles, Methodology and Pathophysiology 1. Stress echocardiography: a historical and societal perspective (E. Picano) 2. Anatomical and functional targets of stress testing (E. Picano) 3. Symptoms and signs of myocardial ischemia (E. Picano) 4. Rational basis of stress echocardiography (F. Recchia, E. Picano) 5. Pathogenetic mechanisms of stress (E. Picano) 6. Echocardiographic signs of ischemia (E. Picano) 7. Segmentation of the left ventricle (E. Picano.) 8. Right heart stress echocardiography (E. Picano, E. Grunig, JA. San Roman, K. Damon, NB. Schiller) 9. Coronary flow reserve (F. Rigo, J. Lowenstein,E. Picano)

Reviews

From reviews of the previous editions: <p> Dr. Picano, one of the pioneers of stress echo, describes the pathophysiological basis of the technique extremely well. In addition, both the advantages and the limitations of the method are covered in a clear and comprehensive way. The book will be useful to cardiologists and even 'non-experts' such as echo technicians and students (CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH) <p> A narrative and enjoyable styleA An extremely valuable and important book for those who practice stress echo and are interested in clinical and scientific aspects of the method. (DER INTERNIST) <p>From the reviews of the fourth edition: <p> The book is written for physicians and sonographers practising stress echocardiography and for beginners a ] . The book provides an up-to-date, extensive and comprehensive coverage of various means of performing stress echocardiography, the implications that each suggest with diagnostic flow charts, the new technological developments with their applications a ]. . At present it is the only existing book covering all aspects of stress echocardiography. This book is a pleasure to read and reflects the tremendous contribution of dr. Picano in this field. (Bharati Shivalkar, Acta Cardiologica, Vol. 59 (4), 2004) <p>

Author Information

The author is Director of the Pisa Institute of Clinical Physiology of the Italian National Research Council. He is/was present or past editorial board member or guest editor of Circulation, Journal American College of Cardiology, European Journal Echocardiography, Journal of American Society of Echocardiography. He is founder and editor-in-chief of the Biomed Central, ISI-tracked, journal Cardiovascular Ultrasound.

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