AUTHORITATIVE TEXTBOOKS
- Otto C.
The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography. 3rd ed.
Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders 2007
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- Otto C.
Textbook of Clinical Echocardiography. 3d ed.
Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders 2004.
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- Feigenbaum H.
Echocardiography,6th ed.
Lea & Febiger, 2004
KEY REFERENCES
Recommendations for a standardised report for adult transthoracic echocardiography
Gardin JM, Adams DB, Douglas PS, Feigenbaum H, Forst DH, Fraser AG, Grayburn PA, Katz AS, Keller AM, Kerber RE, Khandheria BK, Klein AL, Lang RM, Pierard LA, Quinones MA, Schnittger 1; American Society of Echocardiography.
Comments:
Recommendations for a standardized report for adult transthoracic echocardiography: a report from the American Society of Echocardiography's Nomenclature and Standards Committee and Task Force for a Standardized Echocardiography Report.
Reference: JASE. 2002 Mar; 15(3):275-90.
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Guideline update for the clinical application of echocardiography-summary article
ACC/AHA/ASE 2003
Cheitlin MD, Armstrong WF, Aurigemma GP, Belier GA, Bierman FZ, Davis JL, Douglas PS, Faxon DP, Gillam LD, Kimball TR, Kussmaul WG, Pearlman AS, Philbrick JT, Rakowski H, Thys DM.
Comments:
A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASE Committee ta Update the 1997 Guidelines on the Clinical Application of Echocardiography). Circulation.2003
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Appropriateness Criteria for Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography
ACCF/ASE/ACEP/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR 2007
Pamela S. Douglas
Comments:
A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Quality Strategic Directions Committee Appropriateness Criteria Working Group, American Society of Echocardiography, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Endorsed by the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care MedicineTTE/TEE.
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Recommendations for performing transesophageal echocardiography
Flachskampf FA, Decoodt P, Fraser AG, Daniel WG, Roelandt JRTC.
Reference: European Journal of Echocardiography, 2001 ;2;8-21.
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Appropriateness Criteria for Stress Echocardiography
ACCF/ASE/ACEP/AHA/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR 2008
Douglas PM, Khandheria BK, Stainback RF, Weissman NJ, Peterson ED, Hendel RC, Stainback RF, Blaivas M, Des Prez RD, Gillam LD, Golash T, Hiratzka LT, Kussmaul WG, Labovitz AJ, Lindenfeld JA, Masoudi FA, Mayo PH, Porembka D, Spertus JA, Wann LS, Wiegers SE, Brindis RG, Hendel RC, Patel MR, Peterson ED, Wolk MJ, Allen JM.
Comment:
A report from the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) together with key specialty and subspecialty societies about appropriateness of stress echocardiography. The review assessed the risks and benefits of stress echocardiography for several indications or clinical scenarios and scored them on a scale of 1 to 9 (based upon methodology developed by the ACCF to assess imaging appropriateness).
Reference: J Am Coll Cardiol 2008; ahead of pub
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How to diagnose diastolic heart failure: a consensus statement on the diagnosis of heart failure with normal left ventricular ejection fraction by the Heart Failure and Echocardiography Associations of the European Society of cardiology
Paulus WJ, Tschope C, Sanderson JE, Rusconi C, Flachskampf FA, Rademakers FE, Marino P, Smiseth OA, De Keulanaer G, Leite-Moreira AF, Borbely A, Edes I, Handoko ML, Heymans S, Pezzali N, Pieske B, Dickstein K, Fraser AG, Brutsaert DL.
Comment:
A consensus statement on how to diagnose heart failure in patients with signs or symptoms of heart failure with normal left ventricular size and ejection fraction (i.e LV ejection fraction ≥50%) prepared by Heart Failure and Echocardiography Associations of the European Society of Cardiology.
Reference: Eur Heart J 2007; 28: 2539-2550
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Echocardiography in heart failure: applications, utility, and new horizons
Kirkpatrick JN, Vannan MA, Narula J, Lang RM.
Comment:
A review summarizing strengths and limitations of echocardiography in heart failure patients focusing on: 1. the clinical use of the technique and its prognostic value; 2. the utility of the technique in guiding treatment; and 3. promising future techniques for echocardiographic based imaging
Reference: J Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 50: 381-396
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Diastolic function: a sonographer's approach to the essential echocardiographic measurements of left ventricular diastolic function
Gilman G, Nelson TA, Hansen WH, Kandheria BK, Ommen SR.
Comment:
A practical review which starting from referral diagnosis and patient’s symptoms provides a step-by-step approach to goal-directed echocardiographic assessment of diastolic function.
Reference: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007;20:199-209
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Lester SJ. Echocardiographic assessment of right heart hemodynamic parameters
Lee KS, Abbas AE, Khandheria BK
Comment:
A systematic review of the echocardiographic methods used to estimate right heart hemodynamic parameters. Three dimensional assessment of right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction is not included.
Reference: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007;20:773-782
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Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Semsarian C.
Reference: Heart Lung Circ. 2007;16:16-18
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Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease: The Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology
Vahanian A, Baumgartner H, Bax J, Butchart E, Dion R, Filippatos G, Flachskampf FA, Hall R, Iung B, Kasprzak J, Nataf P, Tornos, P, Torracca L, Wenink A.
Reference: Eur Heart J. 2007;28:230-268
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Protocol for optimal detection and exclusion of a patent foramen ovale using transthoracic echocardiography with agitated saline microbubbles
Attaran RR, Ata I, Kudithipudi V et al.
Comment:
A description of techniques and guidelines for the detection and exclusion of of a patent foramen ovale. The potential for misinterpretation of this bubble studies are also discussed.
Reference: Echocardiography. 2006;23:616-622
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Recommendations for chamber quantification
Lang RM, Bierig M, Devereux RB, Flachskampf FA, Foster E, Pellikka PA, Picard MH, Roman MJ, Seward J, Shanewise J, Solomon S, Spencer KT, St John Sutton M, Stewart W.
Comment:
A critical review of the literature and an update of recommendations on how to quantitate cardiac chambers using echocardiography made jointly by the American Society of Echocardiography and European Association of Echocardiography.
Reference: Eur J Echocardiogr. 2006;7:79-108
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The echocardiographic evaluation of intracardiac masses: a revie
Peters PJ, Reinhardt S.
Comment:
A review on how to diagnose primary and metastatic tumors of the heart using echocardiography.
Reference: J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2006;19:230-240
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Clinical application of noninvasive vascular ultrasound in cardiovascular risk stratification: a report from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Vascular Medicine and Biology
Roman MJ, Naqvi TZ, Gardin JMm Gerhard-Herman M, Jaff M, Mohler E.
Comment:
Review about the use of ultrasound as an adjunct to standard cardiovascular risk factors to refine atherosclerosis risk stratification. Both carotid artery imaging and brachial artery reactivity testing techniques methodology and clinical values are discussed.
Reference: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2006;19:943-954
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A critical review of patent foramen ovale detection using saline contrast echocardiography: when bubbles lie
Woods TD, Patel A.
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A review of the mechanisms by which saline contrast studies may produce both false-positive and false-negative results for presence of patent foramen ovale.
Reference: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2006;19:215-222
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American Society of Echocardiography recommendations for use of echocardiography in clinical trials
Gottdiener JS, Bednarz J, Devereux R et al.
Comment:
A review of the various sources of acquisition and measurement variability that should be considered in the application of cardiovascular ultrasound to clinical research. Diagnostic reproducibility and accuracy are discussed according to different clinical and research context in which echocardiography is used.
Reference: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2004;17:1086-1119
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American Society of Echocardiography guidelines and standards for performance of the fetal echocardiogram
Rychik J, Ayres N, Cuneo B et al.
Comment:
A statement from the American Society of Echocardiography aimed to define the distinguishing elements of the fetal echocardiogram from other forms of ultrasonic evaluation and to provide guidelines and standards for physician performance and interpretation of fetal echocardiography.
Reference: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2004;17:803-810
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American Society of Echocardiography; Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists; Society of Pediatric Echocardiography
Quiñones MA, Douglas PS, Foster E, Gorcsan J 3rd, Lewis JF, Pearlman AS, Rychik J, Salcedo EE, Seward JB, Stevenson JG, Thys DM, Weitz HH, Zoghbi WA, Creager MA, Winters WL Jr, Elnicki M, Hirshfeld JW Jr, Lorell BH, Rodgers GP, Tracy CM, Weitz HH.
ACC/AHA clinical competence statement on echocardiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine Task Force on clinical competence.
Comment:
A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Americ an College of physicians, American Society of Internal Medicine Task Force on Clini cal Competence.
Reference: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2003;16:379-402
Recommendations for a standardized report for adult transthoracic echocardiography: a report from the American Society of Echocardiography's nomenclature and standards committee and task force for a standardized echocardiography report
Gardin JM, Adams DB, Douglas PS et al.
Reference: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2002;15:275-290
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Echocardiography in emergency medicine: a policy statement by the American Society of Echocardiography and the American College of Cardiology. The Task Force on Echocardiography in Emergency Medicine of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Echocardiography TPEC Committees of the American College of Cardiology
Stewart WJ, Douglas PS, Sagar K et al.
Comment: A Policy Statement by the American Society of Echocardiography and the American College of Cardiology on the use of echocardiography in emergency situations.
Reference: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1999;12:82-84
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