Perioperative Two-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography A Practical Handbook /

• Main Author: Vegas, Annette (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Radiology.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a valuable diagnostic modality now routinely used during cardiac surgery and in the intensive care unit.  Increasingly, anesthesiologists trained in TEE provide the service in both settings where they face the challenge of integrating numerous current TEE gu...

Table of Contents:

• List of Abbreviations
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1.TEE Views
• 2.Doppler and Hemodynamics
• 3. Ventricles
• 4. Native Valves
• 5. Prosthetic Valves, Transcatheter Valves and Valve Repairs
• 6. Aorta
• 7. Congenital Heart Disease
• 8. Normal Variants, Foreign Material, Masses and Endocarditis
• 9. Ventricular Assist Devices and  Heart Transplantation
• 10. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy and Diastolic Function
• 11. Pericardium
• Suggested Readings
• Index.