The Practice of Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: Essential Cases

Download or read book The Practice of Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: Essential Cases written by Albert C. Perrino and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2011-11-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Practice of Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography provides over 100 teaching cases ranging from the most common to the most challenging. Each case is succinctly presented in an easy-to-read question-answer, self-test format comprised of three printed pages of text and echo images. Echocardiography technique, interpretation, and case management are emphasized by internationally recognized experts in the field. The cases cover the gamut of clinical problems, as well as challenges related to image optimization and artifacts. The versatility of TEE is represented by 2-D, 3-D, color flow and spectral Doppler, tissue Doppler imaging, and quantitative assessments of volumes, pressures, and the severity of valvular pathologies. A companion website contains the fully searchable text plus echocardiographic video clips for each case.