Informa Healthcare - web catalogue

Stress echocardiography has progressed from a promising idea to a crucial diagnostic and prognostic tool in various cardiac conditions, particularly in ischemic heart diseases. Written by experts in the field, Stress Echocardiography is an all-inclusive source of the principles and practice of stress echocardiography. Both the stress echocardiography trainee and those in practice seek to benefit from this text and DVD set.

Important features include:

• user-friendly accompanying DVD
• 500 color and black-and-white illustrations and tables
• 50 landmark papers with commentary, presentation of difficult case studies, practical aspects of imaging during stress, and the science of reading of stress echo studies
• the quantification of echocardiographic response and stress echo interpretation
• different stress echocardiographic modalities in specific clinical situations
• advantages and drawbacks of results on patient management