Echo Made Easy

By Sam Kaddoura and Sam Kaddoura BSc(Hons) BMBCh(Oxon) PhD DIC FRCP FESC FACC

Echocardiography (echo), the use of ultrasound to examine the heart, is a powerful and safe technique which is now widely available for cardiovascular investigation. This simple and highly praised text is a practical and clinically useful introduction to the subject. It aims to explain the echo techniques available, outlines what they are most suitable for, and most importantly puts echo into a clinical perspective. This book will be of value to all those who use or request echo, particularly doctors in training and medical students, but also physicians, surgeons, general practitioners, technicians, nurses and paramedics.

This Third Edition takes full account of recent advances in echocardiography. A new chapter on performing and reporting an echo has been added. New text has been added on the role of echo in individuals with cancer and in diseases of the aorta. There are updated and expanded sections on pregnancy, the continuity equation, diastolic function, long-axis function and 3-D echo. There are also updates and more detailed sections on the use of echo in emergency situations, in cardiomyopathies and pericardial diseases, in congenital abnormalities and in cardiac resynchronization therapy. Up-to-date published international guidelines have been referenced throughout.

New online content is available in the form of echo video images with accompanying self-assessment questions which will allow the reader to carry out self-assessment of knowledge and to see examples of the echos described in the text.

This 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 in training, cardiac technicians, medical students etc. It provides full practical coverage of the clinical aspects of heart disease It will be of great use to those experienced in echo both as a refresher and an accessible reference source

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702066567
• ISBN13: 9780702066566
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic work on ECHO

As everyone I started out with Jae k Oh manual of ECHo and found it painfully slow and hard to digest, one of my colleagues suggested that I buy this book and let me tell you that it is worth its money on gold, it makes things simple, rather then starting with hi-fi things this explains basics of echo and once you read and understand this book, Jae K Oh is much easier to read and understand. I reccomend this book to all begginers who are learning ECHO.

An Excellent Primer.....

This thin volume is an excellent primer for a fellow who is beginning training in cardiovascular medicine. Of course, as one advances in training textbooks written by Otto & by Feigenbaum will provide more intricate details in echocardiography. This succinct book is a good point of departure for the new fellow during the beginning of the academic year. It also fits in the white coat pocket. In fact, I've just completed my first year of training and I still refer to this tome periodically.

Excellent Starter Book

When first learning echo, I was dismayed to not be able to find a simple, concise book that allowed me to grasp the many echo concepts that were thrown at me. No more. This book is a must-have for beginning echocardiographers. The descriptions are concise and clear, the illustrations are excellent (a first for most echo books), and it is very logically organized. The price is very reasonable (for medical books), and it is pocketable. The author clearly knows about teaching and getting points across to learners. Kudos to him for filling this gap in the echo book market.

Echo Made Easy by Sam Kaddoura

This book is excellent. The beauty of this gem is the price and size, it can be carried as a pocket reference. I recommend it highly to any echocardiographer.

Excellent book - Echo Made Easy

This is a fantastic book!! It is certainly essential reading for anyone learning about echo - doctors, technicians, medical students etc. It covers areas relating to clinical aspects of heart disease (e.g causes of murmurs, endocarditis etc) which are practical and often missing from such books. BUT it is also excellent even for those experienced in echo for use as a refresher and reference source in pocket-size. It has 'normal values' and the figures and illustrations are very good and clear and clinically useful. It is very well written in an accessible style. It was very well reviewed in British Journal of Cardiology and with good reason. This is one of the best medical books I have ever bought and I cannot recommend it highly enough!