This well-polished echocardiography field guide is immediately attractive due to its practical pocket-size. It is edited by Prof. Lancellotti (Head of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging in the 2012-2014 term) and Prof. Cosyns (Nucleus Head of the Echocardiographic section of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging). The modern presentation that will help train the skills used in echocardiographic examinations is the result of the efforts of 30 leading experts and five section editors (Prof Donal, Dr Garbi, Dr Jurcut, Dr Monney, and Prof Šeparović Hanževački).

The book is structured into 17 chapters that follow the logic of everyday practice in an echocardiographic laboratory. The elaboration of individual thematic areas is excellent, integrating extensive insights from the expert literature into a logical and easily-intelligible way, and represents a step forward that is important to the education of every internist and cardiologist in the field of cardiovascular imaging.