Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Transesophageal Echocardiography: Essential Views

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Essential Echocardiography

  • 2654 Accesses

Abstract

The use of a noncomprehensive basic perioperative transesophageal echocardiographic (PTE) examination, both for intraoperative monitoring and outside of the operating room, is increasing in practice. Cardiac causes of hemodynamic instability, such as ventricular dysfunction, valvular abnormalities, volume status changes, and pericardial abnormalities can be identified with the basic PTE examination. A basic PTE exam is intended to be complementary to comprehensive echocardiography, and thus the practitioner must also recognize when further investigation of an abnormality by an echocardiographer with advanced imaging skills may be required. While the consensus statement of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA) identifies 11 views for the basic PTE examination, the additional 9 views that comprise the comprehensive examination will also be discussed for completeness.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 89.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Abbreviations

TEE:

Transesophageal echocardiography

PTE:

Perioperative transesophageal

ASE:

American Society of Echocardiography

SCA:

Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

ME:

Midesophageal

AV:

Aortic valve

LVOT:

Left ventricular outflow tract

RA:

Right atrium

LA:

Left atrium

RV:

Right ventricle

LV:

Left ventricle

TV:

Tricuspid valve

MV:

Mitral valve

LAX:

Long axis

SVC:

Superior vena cava

IVC:

Inferior vena cava

ASD:

Atrial septal defect

PFO:

Patent foramen ovale

RVOT:

Right ventricular outflow tract

SAX:

Short axis

TG:

Transgastric

UE:

Upper esophageal

References

  1. Reeves ST, Finley AC, Skubas NJ, Swaminathan M, Whitley WS, Glas KE, et al. Basic perioperative transesophageal echocardiography examination: a consensus statement of the american society of echocardiography and the society of cardiovascular anesthesiologists. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013;26(5):443–56.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Shanewise JS, Cheung AT, Aronson S, Stewart WJ, Weiss RL, Mark JB, et al. ASE/SCA guidelines for performing a comprehensive intraoperative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography examination: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Council for Intraoperative Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force for Certification in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 1999;12(10):884–900.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Hahn RT, Abraham T, Adams MS, Bruce CJ, Glas KE, Lang RM, et al. Guidelines for performing a comprehensive transesophageal echocardiographic examination: recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013;26(9):921–64.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, 6720 Bertner Ave, MC1-226, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Sonia Nhieu MD

Authors
  1. Sonia Nhieu MD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Sonia Nhieu MD .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

    Timothy M. Maus

  2. Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology and Critical Care , The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA

    Sonia Nhieu

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

    Seth T. Herway

Electronic supplementary material

Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.

ME four-chamber view (AVI 11,487 KB)

ME two-chamber view (AVI 11,020 KB)

ME LAX view (AVI 11,999 KB)

ME AV SAX view (AVI 10,674 KB)

ME RV inflow–outflow view (AVI 16,682 KB)

ME bicaval view (AVI 13,272 KB)

ME ascending aortic SAX view (AVI 10,417 KB)

ME ascending aortic LAX view (AVI 10,997 KB)

TG midpapillary SAX view (AVI 14,716 KB)

Descending aortic SAX view (AVI 12,152 KB)

Descending aortic LAX view (AVI 12,098 KB)

Descending aortic SAX view (AVI 11,474 KB)

ME mitral commissural view (AVI 9,214 KB)

ME AV LAX view (AVI 10,509 KB)

TG basal SAX view (AVI 2,329 KB)

TG two-chamber view (AVI 9,984 KB)

TG LAX view (AVI 3,868 KB)

Deep TG LAX view (AVI 8,996 KB)

TG RV inflow view (AVI 8,641 KB)

UE aortic arch LAX view (AVI 12,636 KB)

UE aortic arch SAX view (AVI 8,744 KB)

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Nhieu, S. (2016). Transesophageal Echocardiography: Essential Views. In: Maus, T., Nhieu, S., Herway, S. (eds) Essential Echocardiography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34124-8_2

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34124-8_2

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-34122-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-34124-8

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation