Echocardiography Board Review: 400 Multiple Choice Questions With Discussion

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Obtaining an echocardiogram is a complex procedure with a need for constant enhancement and improvement of skills in the area for both ultrasound technician and physician. Owing to the increasing complexity of the echocardiogram and its interpretation, upon which patient care heavily relies, various professional bodies have been introducing competency exams.This unique book has been designed to assist new trainees as well as more experienced technicians and physicians in preparing for competency exams for certification purposes. It provides easy-to-use revision material in the form of multiple-choice questions with clearly explained answers.Unique approach to echocardiography in a question and answer format; the questions are predominantly case studiesFeatures 400 questions with answers and explanations. The scope of the questions in the book is broad, including areas such as applied ultrasound physics, haemodynamics, valvular problems, ischaemic heart disease, congenital heart diseases, intraoperative or surgical echocardiography, pericardial diseases and cardiac masses.Excellent for test preparationEasy to read and understandComplements standard textbook readingWritten by experienced academic echocardiographers involved in teaching echocardiography every dayOver 200 still images enhance the learning process

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Echocardiography Board Review 400 Multiple Choice Questions with Discussion Ramdas G. Pai MD, FACC, FRCP (Edin) Director of Integrated Cardiovascular Imaging Center Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA and Padmini Varadarajan MD, FACC Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA This page intentionally left blank Echocardiography Board Review This page intentionally left blank Echocardiography Board Review 400 Multiple Choice Questions with Discussion Ramdas G. Pai MD, FACC, FRCP (Edin) Director of Integrated Cardiovascular Imaging Center Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA and Padmini Varadarajan MD, FACC Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA Copyright Ó 2007 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England Telephone (þ44) 1243 779777 Email (for orders and customer service enquiries): [email protected] Visit our Home Page on www.wiley.com All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1 T 4LP, UK, without the permission in writing of the Publisher. Requests to the Publisher should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England, or emailed to [email protected], or faxed to (þ44) 1243 770620. Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The Publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold on the understanding th
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