Echocardiography remains the most commonly used imaging technique to visualize the heart and great vessels and this clinically oriented text by Drs Scott D Solomon Justina C Wu and Linda D Gillam helps you make the most of its diagnostic and prognostic potential for your patients Part of the highly regarded Braunwald s family of cardiology references Essential Echocardiography expertly covers basic principles of anatomy and physiology the appearance of normal variants across a wide range of cardiovascular diseases and the hands on approaches necessary to acquire and interpret optimal echocardiographic images in the clinical setting