Echocardiography, Sixth Edition [Hardcover]

Harvey Feigenbaum (Author), William F. Armstrong (Author), Thomas Ryan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781731984 | ISBN-13: 978-0781731980 | Publication Date: December 16, 2004 | Edition: 6th

The thoroughly revised Sixth Edition of Feigenbaum's Echocardiography reflects recent changes in the technology and clinical use of echocardiography. Included are detailed discussions of tissue Doppler imaging, harmonic imaging and its impact on tissue and contrast visualization, new applications of myocardial perfusion and three-dimensional echocardiography.

Emphasizing the clinical importance of various echocardiography applications, this edition has chapters on systolic and diastolic left ventricular function, infective endocarditis, prosthetic valves, contrast echocardiography, stress echocardiography, systemic diseases, and operative and perioperative echocardiography. More than 1,200 illustrations complement the text.

An accompanying DVD-ROM contains more than 900 moving cine loops with corresponding still images from the book.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 876 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 6th edition (December 16, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781731984
• ISBN-13: 978-0781731980
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #496,065 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best echo book ever., September 9, 2010

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C. MAN "ABIM wishlist" (Yamanashi, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Feigenbaum's Echocardiography (Hardcover)

Reading this book is a joy. Chapters are written in a consistent format and style, and the illustrations are simply superb. The scope of figures fare comparably with that of an atlas. The text is very easy to read. However, this book is not best geared for novices. I recommend <Essential echocardiography> by Solomon et al. as the entry level text. That text has great explanations on the basics of ultrasound with a rich collection of photos. Most important of all, its last chapter on the interpretation of transesophageal echo boasts an unparalleled panel of illustrations on the myriad planes of images one can acquire. No other text presents this difficult topic better.
If you are preparing for the echo board, you may wish to follow this sequence of study:
Essential echocardiography -> The echo manual -> Feigenbaum's echocardiography -> Echocardiography review guide

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great echo book but..., January 21, 2005

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C. Paul Lee (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Echocardiography, Sixth Edition (Hardcover)

When I was a young man, I read the last edition of this book and I fell in love with Cardiology. Every word in the last edition was memorized, just like a love letter. Now I am an old man, and I was delighted to see a new edition of this book finally published. I spent one weekend digesting every word. While I found the book highly delightful to read, I am finding factual errors in the book, to my disappointment. For example, in chapter 6, page 172, figure 6.51, deceleration time of mitral inflow was drawn incorrectly (it should start from the peak of the E wave, not from the beginning of the E). Then in chapter 16, page 513, the book stated that in dobutamine echo, a hypokinetic area that exhibits "sustained improvement" rather than "bipashic response" should be read as non-viable. But in echo literature (Heart. 2001 Dec;86(6):672-8 and Am J Cardiol. 1999 Jul 15;84(2):130-4), "sustained improvement" is considered viable.

The book is great for beginner and intermediate level user. I still love my Feigenbaum, but I found a new love: Catherine Otto's $300 thick book (Principle of Clinical Echocardiography).

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding value, July 17, 2007

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D. Sholevar - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Echocardiography, Sixth Edition (Hardcover)

Excellent, clinically oriented book. The video DVD alone is worth more than the cost of the text and is fantastic. The text is very clinically relevant and is not as academic or mathmatecial as Otto's books.