Core Topics in Transesophageal Echocardiography

Preface; Part I. Fundamentals of Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: 1. Introduction, indications, training and accreditation in transesophageal echocardiography Rob Feneck and Marco Ranucci; 2. Basic principles of echocardiographic imaging and Doppler techniques Joachim Erb; 3. Safety and complications: probe maintenance Rob Feneck; 4. The transesophageal echo examination Rob Feneck and Luca Lorini; 5. Transesophageal echo assessment of normal valves Dominique Bettex and Pierre-Guy Chassot; 6. Aortic valve disease Justiaan Swanevelder; 7. Mitral valve disease John Kneeshaw; 8. The tricuspid and pulmonary valves, and pulmonary artery Alfredo Pazzaglia and Patrick Wouters; 9. Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function Fabio Guarracino; 10. The right ventricle Patrick Wouters; Part II. Practical Issues in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: 11. Cardiac masses and pericardial disease Rob Feneck; 12. Diseases of the thoracic aorta Rob Feneck and A. Wielogorski; 13. Haemodynamic assessment Marco Ranucci and Alfredo Pazzaglia; 14. TEE and ischemic heart disease; 14a. Myocardial Patrick Wouters; 14b. Off-pump surgery Sean Bennet; 14c. Left ventricular reconstruction Marco Ranucci, Serenella Castelvecchio and Marisa Di Donato; 15. Cardiomyopathies Justiaan Swanevelder; 16. TEE in mitral valve repair Fabio Guarracino; 17. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in aortic valve surgery Justiaan Swanevelder; 18. Infective endocarditis John Kneeshaw and Rob Feneck; 19. Prosthetic valves John B. Chambers; 20. Adult congenital heart disease Mario Carminati, Diana Negura, Luciane Piazza and Massimo Chessa; 21. TEE in critical and emergency care Luca Lorini and Eric Sloth; 22. New technologies in echocardiography Heinz Tschernich; 23. TEE reporting Kamen Valchanov and John Kneeshaw; Index.