Echocardiogram Atlas for Children

Author: Chen Shubao et al.
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Cardiovascular diseases are relatively common in pediatrics, and congenital heart disease is the most common congenital malformation in children, as well as one of the leading causes of death in childhood, especially in infants and young children. With the advancement of medical technology, the diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart disease have significantly improved. This book is divided into fifty-nine chapters. It includes the examination methods and normal cardiovascular ultrasound findings of two-dimensional echocardiography, Doppler echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiography, and three-dimensional echocardiography; the echocardiographic findings of various types of congenital heart disease and postoperative echocardiography; echocardiographic findings of cardiomyopathy, pericarditis, endocarditis, cardiac tumors, rheumatic heart disease, Kawasaki disease, polyarteritis nodosa, and systemic diseases affecting the heart. A total of 272 cases of pediatric cardiovascular diseases of different species and types are collected, most of which are congenital heart disease cases confirmed through surgery or other imaging examinations. There are a total of 1,049 echocardiography images, each accompanied by descriptions of the imaging planes and characteristics for easy reading and understanding.