{"product_id":"9780702050602","title":"Echo Made Easy E-Book","description":"This best-selling and highly-praised book provides a practical and clinically useful introduction to echo – much of which is easy – for those who will be using, requesting and possibly interpreting it in the future. The book is aimed particularly at doctors in training and medical students.  It has been proved of great use to other groups, including qualified physicians, general practitioners, cardiac technicians, nurses and paramedics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the book the author explains the echo techniques available, what an echo can and cannot give, and – importantly – puts echo into a clinical perspective.  It is by no means intended as a complete textbook of echo and some aspects are far beyond its scope (e.g., complex congenital heart disease and paediatric echo).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe sections are ordered with the techniques most often used to diagnose a particular clinical problem explained first.  The final chapter deals with special clinical situations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Unquestionably achieves the author’s aim … and does so with consummate ease.”  \u003cbr\u003eBritish Journal of Cardiology\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis highly-praised book is a simple guide to a difficult subject, written in a conversational and accessible style. It is essential reading for anyone wishing to learn about echo - doctors, technicians, medical students etc.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt provides full practical coverage of the clinical aspects of heart disease.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt will be of great use to those experienced in echo as a refresher and reference source in pocket-size.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFully updated with the many recent advances in echocardiography.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNow presented in full colour throughout with new illustrations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew sections on device therapy for heart failure (cardiac resynchronization therapy, CRT) and the use of echo and TOE (or TEE) in special situations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpanded sections on diastolic function and tissue Doppler imaging.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdditional material on the newer echo techniques such as 3-D echo, stress echo and contrast echo.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecial clinical situations now include pulmonary embolism, pericardial disease, advanced age, athletic heart and obesity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Health Sciences","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107179151600,"sku":"9780702050602","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780702050602_p0.jpg?v=1763622125","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780702050602","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}