In diagnostic cardiology, the effectiveness and reliability of state-of-the- art echocardiography is unsurpassed but,-as with all ultrasound examinations- the results are highly operator dependent. The second edition of Boehmeke's Pocket Atlas of Echochardiography is concise and portable, including all the information necessary to perform and read echocardiograms, and to navigate the bewildering number of imaging planes that transect the heart, with ease and confidence. Key features: More than 400 illustrations, including sharp, clear echocardiograms, corresponding full-color schematic diagrams, and 3-D images. For this new edition, all images showing cardiac disease have been post- processed to make them clearer and in more accurate relation to the explanatory