Transesophageal Echocardiography for Congenital Heart Disease: Introduction Print Section Listen The incidence of congenital heart disease (CHD) is 0.5% to 1%, and common malformations are less frequent (0.15%).1 An increasing…

TEE in the Emergency Department: Introduction Print Section Listen Echocardiography has been a component of emergency medicine practice for over 20 years, and serves as an integral diagnostic tool in…

TEE for Noncardiac Surgery: Introduction Print Section Listen Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is remarkably efficient and effective in revealing a wide spectrum of new findings and information during periods of hemodynamic…

TEE in the Critical Care Unit: Introduction Print Section Listen In addition to its role as an intraoperative diagnostic tool, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been shown to be increasingly useful…

Cardiac Masses: Introduction Print Section Listen Echocardiography is a powerful tool in the differential diagnosis of cardiac masses. Although echocardiography cannot replace pathologic examination in obtaining an exact diagnosis, characteristic…

Epicardial Echocardiography and Epiaortic Ultrasonography: Introduction Print Section Listen Despite its overwhelming popularity and favorable influence on perioperative clinical decision making and outcome, the transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) approach to a…

Transesophageal Echocardiography for Heart Failure Surgery: Introduction Print Section Listen The epidemic of heart failure is a worldwide problem that is anticipated to increase with both an aging population and…

Echocardiography for Aortic Surgery: Introduction Print Section Listen Diseases involving the aorta can present a challenge to both surgeons and anesthesiologists. Aortic dissection and rupture are life threatening, require rapid…