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The Fundamentals of Transesophageal Echocardiography

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First introduced in 1987, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has become an essential imaging tool for the diagnosis of many cardiac conditions. In addition, TEE is routinely used during many surgical and percutaneous cardiac procedures for immediate assessment of cardiac function and structures. There are 20 standard TEE views that are acquired from esophageal and transgastric levels. This chapter orients the reader to the basic operations of the TEE device and highlights the necessary views to perform a comprehensive TEE exam.

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  1. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Cooper University Hospital, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA

    Brett A. Waldman

  2. Cooper University Hospital, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA

    Priscilla J. Peters

  3. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

    Julie Wise

  4. Department of Anesthesiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA

    Samir Patel & Sandeep Krishnan

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    Ahmed S. Awad, MD, MBA

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Waldman, B.A., Peters, P.J., Wise, J., Patel, S., Krishnan, S. (2021). The Fundamentals of Transesophageal Echocardiography. In: Awad, MD, MBA, A.S. (eds) Cardiac Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51755-7_12

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