Elsevier (Amsterdam)
100 challenges in echocardiography.
Klimczak (University Hospital Paris) explains 10 technical limitations due to the operator in relation to the ultrasonic examination, and 90 diagnostic pitfalls encountered when studying cardiac valves, walls, chambers, diastolic function of the ventricles, pulmonary arterial pressures, and thoracic aorta. Illustrations and example electrocardiograms are provided. Originally published in French as 100 pièges en échocardiography in 2005. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)