-Integrates the investigation of the echocardiographic findings with the pathologic, clinical and surgical aspects of heart disease-Includes stunning color echocardiographic images of various heart diseases with reference to their pathologic appearance and physiology-Includes clinical comments on patient management, which is not included in other echocardiography texts

Michael Henein is professor and chief physian for departments of public health and clinical medicine and surgery and perioperative sciences, Umea University, Umea in Sweden. Besides that he has written some other books, published by Springer about hart faillure in clinical practice. His book Clinical Echocardiography is translated in Spanish.