Core Topics in Transesophageal Echocardiography

by Robert Feneck, John Kneeshaw, Marco Ranucci

Overview

Core Topics in Transesophageal Echocardiography is a highly illustrated, full color, comprehensive clinical text reviewing all aspects of TEE. The text has been written particularly for those who are seeking accreditation in TEE. Section 1 includes chapters on first principles including cardiovascular anatomy, safety issues, indications and contraindications for use, US technology and physics and the details of image acquisition and interpretation in a variety of routine pathologies. Section 2 chapters discuss the use of TEE in a variety of more demanding clinical conditions including valve disease, complex ischaemic heart disease, the use of TEE in critical care and emergency settings, new echocardiography technologies, and TEE reporting. An outstanding free companion website (www.cambridge.org/feneck) contains numerous TEE video clips showing both normal and pathological states. Written by leading TEE experts from EACTA and EAE, this is an invaluable practical resource for all clinicians involved in the care of cardiac patients. A companion website of videos, giving a dynamic understanding of moving structures such as the heart, is also available at www.cambridge.org/features/fox/

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521731614
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/15/2010
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	428
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.80(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Robert O. Feneck is Consultant Anaesthetist at St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.

John Kneeshaw is Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

Marco Ranucci is Director of Clinical Research in the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Italy.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii

Preface ix

Addendum to Chapter 1: updated indications for perioperative TEE xi

Section 1 Fundamentals of transesophageal echocardiography

1 Introduction: indications, training, and accreditation in transesophageal echocardiography Robert Feneck Marco Ranucci 3

2 Basic principles of physics in echocardiographic imaging and Doppler techniques Joachim Erb 13

3 Safety and complications; probe maintenance Robert Feneck 34

4 The transesophageal echo examination Robert Feneck Luca Lorini 43

5 Normal valves Dominique Bettex Pierre-Guy Chassot 59

6 Aortic valve disease Justiaan Swanevelder 73

7 Mitral valve disease John Kneeshaw 108

8 The tricuspid valve, pulmonary valve, and pulmonary artery Alfredo Pazzaglia Patrick Wouters 135

9 Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function Fabio Guarracino 145

10 The right ventricle Patrick Wouters 163

11 Cardiac masses and pericardial disease Robert Feneck 180

12 The thoracic aorta Robert Feneck Andrzej Wielogorski 193

13 Hemodynamic assessment Marco Ranucci Alfredo Pazzaglia 205

Section 2 Practical issues in transesophageal echocardiography

14 Ischemic heart disease 225

Conventional myocardial revascularization Patrick Wouters 225

Off-pump (OPCAB) cardiac surgery Sean Bennett 232

Left ventricular reconstruction Marco Ranucci Serenella Castelvecchio Marisa Di Donato 236

15 Cardiomyopathies Alexander Ng Justiaan Swanevelder 247

16 Mitral valve repair Fabio Guarracino 268

17 Aortic valve surgery 275

Open aortic valve surgery Justiaan Swanevelder Alison Parnell 275

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation Joerg Ender Chirojit Mukherjee 288

18 Infective endocarditis John Kneeshaw Robert Feneck 294

19 Prosthetic valves John B. Chambers 310

20 Adult congenital heart disease: TEE guidance of interventional catheter-delivered devices Mario Carminati Diana Negura Luciane Piazza Massimo Chessa Gianfranco Butera Robert Feneck 324

21 Critical and emergency care Luca Lorini Erik Sloth 339

22 Three-dimensional imaging Heinz D. Tschernich 348

23 Recent developments in Doppler imaging Heinz D. Tschernich 368

24 Transesophageal echocardiography reporting John Kneeshaw Kamen Valchanov 397

Index 405

Editorial Reviews

'... a reasonably comprehensive, well-written and well-illustrated review of TOE practice. This textbook will be of interest to both novice and experienced practitioners, and to those preparing for accreditation examinations ...' Ultrasound

'For the past month I have taken Core Topics to the clinic rather than my usual reference text. The book has answered all questions that have arisen during the course of the list ... I have no hesitation in recommending this book. It should be of interest to both cardiac anaesthetists and cardiologists, particularly but by no means exclusively, those working towards an accreditation exam.' British Journal of Anaesthesia

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