FEATURES: 1. A graphical summary of the noninvasive echocardiographic assessment of key caddiac physiological and hemodynamic concepts. 2. Topics covered: the cardiac cycle, blood flow hemodyamics and Doppler profiles, echo correlates of normal intracardiac pressures and related hemodynamic parameters, Bernouilli equation, right heart hemodynamics, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, left heart hemodynamics, diastolic function parameters, stroke volume,...