2nd edition. — Elsevier, 2011. — 382 p.
A practical, full-color guide with videos, Practical Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography, 2nd Edition, by Drs. David Sidebotham, Alan F. Merry, Malcolm E. Leggett, and Mark L. Edwards, will help improve your diagnosis and monitoring of perioperative cardiac patients. Reflecting five years of new research and clinical data in TEE, the book captures the latest developments in the field, and new chapters on epiaortic and 3D echocardiography, echocardiography in the ICU, and echocardiography for adult congenital heart disease have been added.
Physical Principles of Ultrasound.
Physical Principles, Ultrasonic Image Formation, and Artifacts.
Principles of Doppler Ultrasound.
Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography.
Image Planes and Standard Views.
Three-dimensional Echocardiography.
Epicardial Echocardiography and Epiaortic Ultrasonography.
Common Diagnostic Pitfalls and Cardiac Masses.
Systolic Left Ventricular Function.
Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction.
The Mitral Valve.
The Aortic Valve and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract.
The Thoracic Aorta.
Prosthetic Valves.
The Right Ventricle, Tricuspid Valve, and Pulmonary Valve.
Adult Congenital Heart Disease.
Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Echocardiography for Mechanical Assist Devices.
Critical Care Echocardiography.
Transthoracic Echocardiography Standard Views.
Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit.
Hemodynamic Instability in the Operating Room and the Intensive Care Unit.
Lung Ultrasound.
Quantitative Echocardiography.
Aspects of Quantitative and Semiquantitative Echocardiography.
Updated Practice Guidelines for Perioperative TEE.
Cleaning and Care of the Probe.
Normal Values.