First published in 1987, this comprehensive book covers a wide range of topics including numerous aspects of clinical exercise testing, normal and abnormal responses to cardiopulmonary testing, and updated information on clinical applications of exercise testing. The book instructs by using physiologic principles to explain abnormal responses to exercise caused by diseases that affect tolerance - a topic of interest to cardiologists, pulmonologists, and PM&R clinicians.

The first third of the book discusses exercise physiology, disease pathophysiology, test protocols, normal values, measurements and tnterpretation; the remainder of the book consists of 80 case presentations that serve as examples of how cardiopulmonary exercise testing can be used to diagnose diseases, their severity, and the effectiveness of treatment. All references have been updated.

Echocardiography in Heart Failure 1E



1. Distinguishing systolic vs diastolic heart failure: A practical approach by



echocardiography






2. Evaluation of the patient with systolic heart failure



3. Echo parameters important for clinical decision making in HF









4. Evaluation of the patient with diastolic dysfunction






5. Hypertensive heart failure






6. Heart failure due to coronary disease






7. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy






8. Role of echocardiography in patients treated with cardiotoxic drugs






9. Assessment of treatment for systolic CHF






10. Echocardiography in the patient with right heart failure






11. Heart failure due to Congenital Heart Disease






12. Echocardiographic evaluation of Ventricular Support Devices






13. The role of echocardiography for OHT