Echocardiographic Instrumentation and Principles of Doppler Echocardiography -- to Imaging -- Protocol and Nomenclature in Transthoracic Echocardiography -- Clinical Utility of Echocardiography -- Diseases of the Myocardium and Pericardium -- Echocardiographic Assessment of Ventricular Systolic Function -- Echocardiographic Assessment of Diastolic Function -- Echocardiography in Myocardial Infarction -- Stress Echocardiography -- Cardiomyopathies -- Pericardial Disease -- Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Stenosis -- Echocardiographic Evaluation of Aortic Regurgitation -- Mitral Stenosis -- Mitral Regurgitation -- Infective Endocarditis -- Miscellaneous Topics in Echocardiography -- Role of Echocardiography in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation -- Cardiac Source of Embolus -- Echocardiography in Pulmonary Embolism and Secondary Pulmonary Hypertension -- Cardiac Masses and Tumors -- Aortic Dissection and Other Diseases of the Aorta -- Echocardiography in the Assessment of Atrial Septal Defects -- Adult Congenital Heart Disease in General Echocardiography Practice -- Transesophageal Echocardiography.