Assessment of the Aorta
Assessment of the Aorta Marc Kanchuger Ellise Delphin The first successful reparative surgery of the thoracic aorta occurred between 1949 and 1953, without the benefit of sophisticated diagnostic equipment, or…
Assessment in Cardiac Intervention
Assessment in Cardiac Intervention Ivan P Casserly E. Murat Tuzcu Patrick L. Whitow Mario Garcia Robert M. Savage Although many challenges remain in the field of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI),…
Assessment in Aortic Valve Surgery
Assessment in Aortic Valve Surgery Christopher A. Troianos Lori Heller Maged Argalious Intraoperative echocardiography during aortic valve surgery provides critical information for surgical decision-making and hemodynamic management. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)…
Surgical Considerations in Nontransplant Surgery for Congestive Heart Failure
Surgical Considerations in Nontransplant Surgery for Congestive Heart Failure Indu Deglurkar Kathy J Hoercher Patrick M. McCarthy The ever-increasing incidence of heart failure, coupled with poorly met demands for donor…
Surgical Considerations in Aortic Valve Surgery
Surgical Considerations in Aortic Valve Surgery Cristiano N. Faber Nicholas G. Smedira Aortic valve disease is the number one indication for valve replacement. At the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the number…
Pathophysiology of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
Pathophysiology of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure James B. Young Though many clinicians believe they can easily describe a patient with heart failure, in fact, the definition of the syndrome…
Assessment of Cardiac Transplantation
Assessment of Cardiac Transplantation Mihai V. Podgoreanu Joseph P. Mathew Although Barnard performed the first human cardiac transplant in 1967, it was only by the early 1980s that it gained…
Assessment of Cardiomyopathies
Assessment of Cardiomyopathies Mark A. Chaney DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION OF CARDIOMYOPATHIES Cardiomyopathies, once defined as “heart muscle diseases of unknown cause,” are now classified by their dominant pathophysiology or pathogenetic…
Assessment of Perioperative Hemodynamics
Assessment of Perioperative Hemodynamics Lee Wallace While M-mode and two-dimensional (2-D) echocardiography can provide indirect evidence of hemodynamic abnormalities, 2-D echocardiography combined with Doppler echocardiography can be used to perform…
TEE in the Critical Care Setting
TEE in the Critical Care Setting Scott T. Reeves Kim J. Payne James Ramsay Jack Shanewise Stephen Insler TRAUMA AND CRITICAL CARE In 2003 a task force cosponsored by the…
