Transoesophageal echocardiography in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine

Jan Poelaert, Karl Skarvan072791796X, 9780727917966

Transoesophageal Echocardiography (TOE) has a major impact on patient management during the perioperative period. It is an evolving tool in diagnosis of cardiovascular disease and haemodynamic assessment. The knowledge required for the examination and the practice of TOE is enormous and is continuously evolving. Consequently there is a clear need for a new comprehensive text written by experts involved in the perioperative care, not (only) by the cardiologists or full time echocardiographers.

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Table of contents :
Transoesophageal Echocardiography in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine……Page 1
Contents……Page 7
Contributors……Page 9
Preface……Page 11
Abbreviations……Page 13
1. Physical principles of ultrasound……Page 15
2. Perioperative transoesophageal echocardiography……Page 37
3. Global left ventricular systolic function……Page 61
4. Left ventricular diastolic function……Page 94
5. Mitral valve disease……Page 117
6. Aortic valve……Page 135
7. Prosthetic valves……Page 148
8. Right ventricle……Page 159
9. Thoracic aorta……Page 175
10. Haemodynamics……Page 190
11. Myocardial ischaemia……Page 210
12. Congenital heart disease……Page 235
13. Cardiac masses, air, and foreign bodies……Page 262
14. Minimally invasive and minimal access cardiac surgery……Page 279
15. Circulatory assist devices, artificial heart, and heart and lung transplantation……Page 295
16. Artifacts and pitfalls……Page 319
17. Training and certification in the United States……Page 329
18. Training and certification in Europe……Page 346
Index……Page 352