The Washington Manual of Echocardiography, 2/e focuses on the essential information you need to know to successfully perform and read echocardiograms, as well as to identify valvar heart disease, cardiac myopathies and congenital anomalies. Supervised and edited by faculty from the Washington University School of Medicine, this highly regarded reference has been completely updated throughout, with a new, streamlined layout as well more echo clips and an update on the current guidelines. New chapters on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiac devices include the latest ACC/AHA and ASE guidelines. Extensively revised sections on LV systolic and diastolic function, valve assessment and TEE.