Transoesophageal Echocardiography is routinely used for perioperative and
postoperative monitoring of cardiac surgical patients. This book is a practical guide for the anaesthetist, intensivist, or cardiac surgeon covering the principles and techniques of diagnosis and monitoring. The authors have covered the fundamentals, including the basic physics and measurements, and principles of examination. The role of TOE in cardiac surgery is explained followed by chapters addressing the monitoring of each cardiac structure and abnormalities.

This highly practical, illustrated guide will appeal to anaesthetists, intensivists and
cardiac surgeons, both in training and in practice. It will also be of interest to
sonographers, cardiologists and cardiology trainees involved in the management of
cardiac surgical patients.

• A practical guide to the use of TEE in cardiac surgery covering the fundamental scientific principles and clinical applications
• Line drawings are used to simplify the concepts and illustrate key points, with handy hints highlighted in text boxes
• The enclosed CD ROM contains moving echo images in colour showing various abnormalities as seen with TEE
• Powerpoint slides of key points are also included on the CD ROM for those preparing to sit the ASCA/SCA exam

1. The Role of Perioperative Transoesophageal Echocardiography
2. Physical Principles, Ultrasonic Image Formation, and Artifacts
3. Principles of Doppler Ultrasound
4. Image Planes and Standard Views
5. Common Diagnostic Pitfalls and Cardiac Masses
6. The Evaluation of Haemodynamic Instability
7. Systolic Left Ventricular Function
8. Dyastolic Dysfunction
9. The Mitral Valve
10. The Aortic Valve and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract
11. The Thoracic Aorta
12. Prosthetic Valves
13. The Right Ventricule,Tricuspid Valve and Pulmonary Valve
14. Transplantation and Mechanical Cardiac Support
15. Adult Congenital Heart Disease
16. Aspects of Quantitative and Semi-Quantitative Echocardiography
Appendix 1. Cleaning and Care of the Probe
Appendix 2. Normal values
Abbreviations

By David Sidebotham, MD, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; Alan Merry, MD, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; Malcolm Leggett, MD, Echo-Cardiologist, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; and Gary Bashein, MD, Professor, Anesthesiology and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA