Fridman Vladimir, Garcia Mario J. Practical Manual of Echocardiography in the Urgent Setting

Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. — 279 p. — ISBN: 9780470659977.There will be times when you will need to read a comprehensive echocardiography textbook. However, there will be also times when you will need to access quick reference information to help you manage a crashing patient in an urgent situation. This reference guide will provide you everything you need to establish a differential and accurate diagnosis that will lead you to best manage a cardiovascular patient in an emergent situation.
With the first part devoted to basic instrumentation and image acquisition and the second part focusing on the different clinical situations that often require evaluation by echocardiography in the urgent setting, this book is the ideal companion to the physician who needs to implement rapid life and death decisions.
You should use this book as a quick reference guide to echocardiography in the urgent setting. It is designed to help in situations where seconds and minutes can really make a difference in the lives of patients.
Even one extra saved life will justify the large amount of work that the authors have put into this work.