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Chapter 32 - Comprehensive TOE Examination

from Section 7 - Transoesophageal Echocardiography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2020

By
Justiaan Swanevelder  and
Andrew Roscoe
Edited by
Joseph Arrowsmith ,
Andrew Roscoe  and
Jonathan Mackay
Joseph Arrowsmith
Affiliation:
Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
Andrew Roscoe
Affiliation:
Singapore General Hospital
Jonathan Mackay
Affiliation:
Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
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Summary

TOE is now commonplace in the cardiac operating theatre and critical care setting. The practising cardiac anaesthetist must be fully trained and proficient at performing TOE, both as a haemodynamic monitor and as a diagnostic tool. This chapter will cover the basic physics of ultrasound and Doppler, the indications and contraindications of TOE and the format of a comprehensive TOE examination.

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Core Topics in Cardiac Anaesthesia , pp. 239 - 241
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Feneck, R, Kneeshaw, J, Fox, K, et al. Recommendations for reporting perioperative transoesophageal echo studies. Eur J Echocardiogr 2010; 11: 387–93.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Feneck, RO, Kneeshaw, J, Ranucci, M (eds.). Core Topics in Transesophageal Echocardiography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2010.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hahn, RT, Abraham, T, Adams, MS, et al. Guidelines for performing a comprehensive transesophageal echocardiographic examination: recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2013; 26: 921–64.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hilberath, JN, Oakes, DA, Shernan, SK, et al. Safety of transesophageal echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2010; 23: 1115–27.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Skinner, HJ, Mahmoud, A, Uddin, A, et al. An investigation into the causes of unexpected intra-operative transoesophageal echocardiography findings. Anaesthesia 2012; 67: 355–60.Google Scholar
Wheeler, R, Steeds, R, Rana, B, et al. A minimum dataset for a standard transoesophageal echocardiogram: a guideline protocol from the British Society of Echocardiography. Echo Res Pract 2015; 2: G29–45.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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