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Feigenbaum's Echocardiography

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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

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).

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.

This book has a lot of mistakes and very bad quality of cine loops,specially in chapters that demonstrate wall motion abnormalities and stress test. Also this DVD does not allow to enlarge icons with cine loops that are very small. The quality of DVD in the same book 6 edition is much,much better and more conveniently organized.

As a student echocardiographer learning the pathology of cardiovascular diseases, I have both this edition and one earlier. This is well worth the upgrade in price. It has 1 second loops of most of the many possible pathologies found in echocardiographic studies. Though I have looked at the clips several times, installation was initially a short-lived problem. This new edition is a complete overhaul as described by Feigenbaum. He admits that he is not the sole author but Armstrong and Ryan are the primarys on this edition. This book's attention to clinical detail makes it a must in my book when considering Echo books. Having a resource to give you a moving example of cardio pathology can only enhance one's understanding.

If you are looking for a good overall book on all aspects of Echocardiography this is a good book at a fair price. This book, however, is geared toward the echocardiographic professional and would be very difficult for the layman to comprehend.

Feigenbaum is deservably respected as one of the foremost authors on the subject of echocardiology. While this is a college textbook covering quite technical content, the author presents the material in a clear and concise manner. I ordered this textbook because I had all but given up trying to understand my course selected textbook written by Catherine M. Otto, MD., that covers most of the same materials.

excellent clinically oriented, very well written and organized text book, supplemented with great clips on DVD. I found it very useful for exam preparation and in clinical practice

Probably the best echo book on the market. Complete, well written. Recommanded to all professionals.

This is a great book. The text is well written, the pictures are crisp and clear for ultrasound images, and the DVD included shows a lot of the images in realtime, making it much easier to study.