Book contents
- Core Topics in Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Core Topics in Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Addendum to Chapter 1: updated indications for perioperative TEE
- Section 1 Fundamentals of transesophageal echocardiography
- 1 Introduction: indications, training, and accreditation in transesophageal echocardiography
- 2 Basicprinciples of physics in echocardiographic imaging and Doppler techniques
- 3 Safety and complications; probe maintenance
- 4 Thetransesophageal echo examination
- 5 Normal valves
- 6 Aortic valve disease
- 7 Mitral valve disease
- 8 The tricuspid valve, pulmonary valve, and pulmonary artery
- 9 Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function
- 10 The right ventricle
- 11 Cardiac masses and pericardial disease
- 12 The thoracic aorta
- 13 Hemodynamic assessment
- Section 2 Practical issues in transesophageal echocardiography
- Index
1 - Introduction: indications, training, and accreditation in transesophageal echocardiography
from Section 1 - Fundamentals of transesophageal echocardiography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 May 2010
Book contents
- Core Topics in Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Core Topics in Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Addendum to Chapter 1: updated indications for perioperative TEE
- Section 1 Fundamentals of transesophageal echocardiography
- 1 Introduction: indications, training, and accreditation in transesophageal echocardiography
- 2 Basicprinciples of physics in echocardiographic imaging and Doppler techniques
- 3 Safety and complications; probe maintenance
- 4 Thetransesophageal echo examination
- 5 Normal valves
- 6 Aortic valve disease
- 7 Mitral valve disease
- 8 The tricuspid valve, pulmonary valve, and pulmonary artery
- 9 Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function
- 10 The right ventricle
- 11 Cardiac masses and pericardial disease
- 12 The thoracic aorta
- 13 Hemodynamic assessment
- Section 2 Practical issues in transesophageal echocardiography
- Index
Summary
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a relatively recent development in imaging. In 1997 the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) published guidelines for the clinical application of echocardiography. Routine intraoperative use of TEE has been shown to lead to an improvement in both surgical and anesthetic management, which presumably is translated into better and more consistent outcomes for patients. The use of TEE as a diagnostic tool in the echo lab, and as a diagnostic and monitoring tool during and after cardiac or other major operations, has increased significantly. In Europe, the problem of training and accreditation in perioperative TEE has been addressed, during the last decade, by the European Association of Echocardiography (EAE), which is a formal association of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists (EACTA).
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- Core Topics in Transesophageal Echocardiography , pp. 3 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010