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Echocardiography in coronary artery disease
Ultrasound in Meal & Biol Vol. 15, No. 6, pp. 603 604. 1989 Printed in the U.S.A.
0301-5629/89 $3.00 + .00 (c) 1989 Maxwell Pergamon Macmillan plc
OBook Reviews
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
IN C O R O N A R Y A R T E R Y D I S E A S E
Edited by Richard E. Kerber, Futura Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1988, 558 pp., $86.00. material, wall motion analysis, thrombus formation, new and developing image enhancement techniques, and more. The writing is generally of a very high standard, is clear and concise, and the text is profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, line drawings, and charts and tables. The production is elegant, with tuck-and-roll binding and high quality paper. Two topics are not thoroughly discussed, Doppler investigation of diastolic ventricular function and the use of "real-time" (color) Doppler in ischemic heart disease. These are both relatively new topics, and we hope that they will be reviewed in the next edition of this fine work.
Dr. Kerber has succeeded in his expressed aim of producing a "state-of-the-art c o m p e n d i u m " in this excellent book dealing with echocardiographic applications in the setting of coronary heart disease. The twenty-three chapters, each by a recognized expert in the field, are grouped into four major categories. They are clinical applications, quantification of myocardial contraction and blood flow, intraoperative applications, and a section on new and future applications of ultrasound in this setting. Nearly all of the potential and current uses of echocardiography are exhaustively explored in a review format, including stress echocardiography (both exercise and pharmaceutical), acute and chronic disease, congenital coronary lesions, coronary imaging, transesophageal and epicardial echocardiography, the use of acoustic contrast
University of Alabama at Birmingham
NAVINC. NANDA and JOHN
COOPER
ULTRASOUND OF THE PROSTATE Matthew D. Rifkin, Raven Press, New York, 1988, 266 pp., $79.00. hypertrophy and prostate carcinoma. The images are of excellent quality and sufficiently cover the spectrum of sonographic findings. The book is highly recommended for physicians performing prostate ultrasound.
This book offers complete coverage of the sonographic evaluation of the prostate. It is divided into chapters which consider normal anatomy, principles of ultrasound imaging, scanning techniques, equipment, sonographic diagnosis of prostate disease, and biopsy techniques. There are chapters on specific disease entities such as benign prostatic
Vanderbilt University
ARTHUR FLEISCHER
FETAL SECTIONAL ANATOMY AND ULTRASONOGRAPHY L. H. Nelson, W. J. Bo, G. C. Lynch, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1988, 203 pp., $65.00. reader is shown the anatomy as seen from above, and on subsequent pages the anatomy as viewed from below. The xerographs were taken directly of the anatomic specimen, and are very high quality. The labeling of the anatomic sections is complete and accurate. Unfortunately, the corresponding sonograms for each anatomic level do not represent the same fetus, and the visualization of the anatomy labeled in the anatomic sections is not as clear cut on the sonograms. In several cases the labeling of the sonographic head anatomy is somewhat outdated when compared with current anatomic concepts based on the newer high resolution sonogram instruments. This is particularly true in the labeling of the lateral ventricles (figure 1.7), corpus callo-
This book is an atlas of fetal anatomy designed as a teaching aid for those doing obstetrical ultrasound. It utilizes anatomic sections, xerographs of anatomic sections, and ultrasound images as teaching tools. These are complimented in most sections of the book by line drawings which demonstrate the orientation of the anatomic sections. Simple labeling of key anatomic structures is used in place of detailed narrative, which is appropriate for an atlas of this type. The book is divided into five sections. Section one is based on the cross-sectional anatomy of a twenty-two week male fetus. It includes axial sections through the head and upper chest, chest and upper abdomen and abdomen and pelvis. At each anatomic level, the 603
0301-5629/89 $3.00 + .00 (c) 1989 Maxwell Pergamon Macmillan plc
OBook Reviews
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
IN C O R O N A R Y A R T E R Y D I S E A S E
Edited by Richard E. Kerber, Futura Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1988, 558 pp., $86.00. material, wall motion analysis, thrombus formation, new and developing image enhancement techniques, and more. The writing is generally of a very high standard, is clear and concise, and the text is profusely illustrated throughout with photographs, line drawings, and charts and tables. The production is elegant, with tuck-and-roll binding and high quality paper. Two topics are not thoroughly discussed, Doppler investigation of diastolic ventricular function and the use of "real-time" (color) Doppler in ischemic heart disease. These are both relatively new topics, and we hope that they will be reviewed in the next edition of this fine work.
Dr. Kerber has succeeded in his expressed aim of producing a "state-of-the-art c o m p e n d i u m " in this excellent book dealing with echocardiographic applications in the setting of coronary heart disease. The twenty-three chapters, each by a recognized expert in the field, are grouped into four major categories. They are clinical applications, quantification of myocardial contraction and blood flow, intraoperative applications, and a section on new and future applications of ultrasound in this setting. Nearly all of the potential and current uses of echocardiography are exhaustively explored in a review format, including stress echocardiography (both exercise and pharmaceutical), acute and chronic disease, congenital coronary lesions, coronary imaging, transesophageal and epicardial echocardiography, the use of acoustic contrast
University of Alabama at Birmingham
NAVINC. NANDA and JOHN
COOPER
ULTRASOUND OF THE PROSTATE Matthew D. Rifkin, Raven Press, New York, 1988, 266 pp., $79.00. hypertrophy and prostate carcinoma. The images are of excellent quality and sufficiently cover the spectrum of sonographic findings. The book is highly recommended for physicians performing prostate ultrasound.
This book offers complete coverage of the sonographic evaluation of the prostate. It is divided into chapters which consider normal anatomy, principles of ultrasound imaging, scanning techniques, equipment, sonographic diagnosis of prostate disease, and biopsy techniques. There are chapters on specific disease entities such as benign prostatic
Vanderbilt University
ARTHUR FLEISCHER
FETAL SECTIONAL ANATOMY AND ULTRASONOGRAPHY L. H. Nelson, W. J. Bo, G. C. Lynch, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1988, 203 pp., $65.00. reader is shown the anatomy as seen from above, and on subsequent pages the anatomy as viewed from below. The xerographs were taken directly of the anatomic specimen, and are very high quality. The labeling of the anatomic sections is complete and accurate. Unfortunately, the corresponding sonograms for each anatomic level do not represent the same fetus, and the visualization of the anatomy labeled in the anatomic sections is not as clear cut on the sonograms. In several cases the labeling of the sonographic head anatomy is somewhat outdated when compared with current anatomic concepts based on the newer high resolution sonogram instruments. This is particularly true in the labeling of the lateral ventricles (figure 1.7), corpus callo-
This book is an atlas of fetal anatomy designed as a teaching aid for those doing obstetrical ultrasound. It utilizes anatomic sections, xerographs of anatomic sections, and ultrasound images as teaching tools. These are complimented in most sections of the book by line drawings which demonstrate the orientation of the anatomic sections. Simple labeling of key anatomic structures is used in place of detailed narrative, which is appropriate for an atlas of this type. The book is divided into five sections. Section one is based on the cross-sectional anatomy of a twenty-two week male fetus. It includes axial sections through the head and upper chest, chest and upper abdomen and abdomen and pelvis. At each anatomic level, the 603