Updated Indications for Intraoperative TEE
Updated Indications for Intraoperative TEE Daniel M. Thys In the United States, intraoperative echocardiography (IOE) has become integral to the care of many cardiac surgical patients (1). In a recent…
Comprehensive and Abbreviated Intraoperative TEE Examination
Comprehensive and Abbreviated Intraoperative TEE Examination Jack S. Shanewise Daniel P. Vezina Michael K. Cahalan Since its first use assessing cardiac function in the operating room over 20 years ago…
Imaging Artifacts and Pitfalls
Imaging Artifacts and Pitfalls Lori B. Heller An artifact can be defined as any structure in an ultrasound image that does not have a corresponding anatomic tissue structure. Artifacts are…
Physics of Echocardiography
Physics of Echocardiography James D. Thomas Michael G. Licina Robert M. Savage Echocardiographic imaging relies on the reflection of ultrasound waves from structures within the cardiovascular system. This chapter will…
Digital Echocardiography
Digital Echocardiography Mario J. Garcia Over the last two decades, echocardiography has created a tremendous impact in health care. Much of the success of echocardiography is due to its ability…
Lung Cancer with Shortness of Breath
Lung Cancer with Shortness of Breath This patient is an 83-year-old man with active lung cancer, and he was on chemotherapy. He had never had surgery and had never received…
Respiratory Failure and Tachy-brady Syndrome
Respiratory Failure and Tachy-brady Syndrome A 76-year-old woman had repeated hospital admissions for volume overload, respiratory failure, prolonged intubations, atrial fibrillation, and tachy-brady syndrome. On repeated transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE), she…
Heart Murmur, Systemic Hypertension, and History of Cerebrovascular Accident
Heart Murmur, Systemic Hypertension, and History of Cerebrovascular Accident A 75-year-old man with a heart murmur since childhood, hypertension, and a history of a cerebrovascular accident had an echocardiogram to…
Recurrent Episodes of Bronchitis and Pneumonia
Recurrent Episodes of Bronchitis and Pneumonia A 79-year-old woman has a history of shortness of breath, bronchial asthma, and bronchiectasis associated with recurrent episodes of bronchitis and pneumonia. She developed…
Aortic Stenosis and Atrial Fibrillation
Aortic Stenosis and Atrial Fibrillation A 74-year-old woman with severe aortic stenosis and atrial fibrillation (AFIB) is referred for aortic valve replacement. See Figures 71-1, 71-2 and 71-3 and Videos…
