Transesophageal Echocardiography is routinely used for perioperative and postoperative monitoring of cardiac patients. This book is a practical guide for the anaesthetist or intensivist, covering the principles and techniques of diagnosis and monitoring.

Reviews

""The accompanying CD...contains hundreds of still images and over 400 short video clips"

"Each chapter is well-written, easy to read and provides clear, simple diagrams to support the text. The highlighting of key points and common pitfalls as well as the concise summary at the end of each chapter provides an additional bonus."

"An excellent textbook and CD-ROM...highly recommended for both novices in TOE and as a revision text for more experienced users.""
-- M.J.Bennett, Anaesthesia, 2003, 58, pages 1049-1050

"'This book, with accompanying CD-ROM, provides and excellent introduction to performing transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE).'

'Aimed primarily at the beginner or intermediate user of TOE, few assumptions of prior knowledge are made.'

'The text is very well supplemented by diagrams and reproductions of echocardiograms (including Doppler flows in colour). Most importantly, all views carry details about the probe position and multiplane angle...'

On the CD-ROM: 'The movie clips run automatically and continuously (but can be frozen with a mouse click) and carry succinct descriptions. These alone justify the purchase price."

'For the price quoted, this book and CD-ROM represent excellent value and must be highly recommended to anyone interested in practical perioperative TOE.'"
-- L.G.Kevin & P.Seigne, Cork, Ireland , British Journal of Anaesthesia 91 (6): 927-9 (2003), June 2003

Contents

Foreword
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction

1 The Role of Perioperative Transoesophageal Echocardiography
David Scott, David Sidebotham, Alan Merry
2 Physical Principles, Ultrasonic Image Formation, and Artifacts
Gerard Bashein, Paul R Detmer
3 Principles of Doppler Ultrasound
Gerard Bashein, Paul R Detmer
4 Image Planes and Standard Views
David A Scott, Damon C Sutton
5 Common Diagnostic Pitfalls and Cardiac Masses
Roman Kluger
6 The Evaluation of Haemodynamic Instability
David Sidebotham, Andrew McKee
7 Systolic Left Ventricular Function
Murali Sivarajan
8 Diastolic Dysfunction
David Sidebotham, Marian Hussey
9 The Mitral Valve
David Sidebotham, Malcolm Legget
10 The Aortic Valve and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract
Malcolm Legget, David Sidebotham
11 The Thoracic Aorta
Colin Royse
12 Prosthetic Valves
Roman Kluger, Mario Kalpokas
13 The Right Ventricule,Tricuspid Valve and Pulmonary Valve
Selwyn Wong
14 Transplantation and Mechanical Cardiac Support
Andrew McKee
15 Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Roger Hall, Thomas Gentles
16 Aspects of Quantitative and Semiquantitative Echocardiography
Alan Merry

Appendix 1 Cleaning and Care of the Probe
Appendix 2 Normal Values
Appendix 3 Interpretation of Echo Data
Index