Case-based Textbook of Echocardiography

This volume is a step-by-step educational echocardiography textbook from basic principles to advanced concepts. It is designed to rationalise and instruct readers on the rapid development in echocardiographic techniques, including real-time three-dimensional echocardiography, strain/strain rate imaging, and speckle tracking, which have greatly expanded the capabilities of cardiac imaging while overshadowing the importance of the basics of echocardiography.

Case-Based Textbook of Echocardiography offers a comprehensive review of echocardiography from basic skills to advanced techniques, including practical information from recently published ASE/EACVI guidelines and explanatory movies and figures. Providing balance between the science and clinical pearls, it is of great interest for all trainee cardiologists and echocardiographers and helpful to all clinicians in cardiology, internal medicine, cardiac surgery, interventio

Anita Sadeghpour (Professor of Cardiology ) and Azin Alizadehasl (Associated professor of Cardiology) are fellows of echocardiography and echocardiography lab faculties in the Rajaie cardiovascular medical and research center, Iran university of medical science, and actively involved in the diagnosis and treatment of a considerable number of patients. They are prominent in educational and research activities and have many national and international publications. Their previous book entitle “Comprehensive Approach to Adult Congenital Heart Disease’’ published in 2014 by Springer.

They are Fellows of American College of Cardiology (FACC) , American society of echocardiography (FASE) and member of ASE Guidelines review committee. She is a member of writing group for Rheumatic heart disease guideline and standards, and head of echocardiography research center in Rajaie cardiovascular medical and research center.

Rajaie Heart Center,

They are involved in some journals as an associated editor and editorial board. Anita Sadeghpour is the Editor in chief of Archives of Cardiovascular Imaging journal and Editorial Board member of the CASE the official journal of the American Society of Echocardiography and Azin Alizadehasl is associated editor of “Archives of Cardiovascular Imaging journal” and editorial board member of "Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research".