TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 24. Emerging Applications of Perioperative Echocardiography A1 - Marcucci, Carlo A1 - Jungwirth, Bettina A1 - Mackensen, G. Burkhard A1 - Mahajan, Aman A2 - Mathew, Joseph P. A2 - Swaminathan, Madhav A2 - Ayoub, Chakib M. PY - 2010 T2 - Clinical Manual and Review of Transesophageal Echocardiography, 2e AB - Advances in echocardiography have been responsible for enhancing our understanding of the mechanisms and progression of cardiovascular diseases. The introduction of new echocardiographic imaging modalities has greatly aided our ability to obtain early and precise disease diagnosis, while simultaneously allowing better means to guide medical or surgical care for patients with heart diseases. In this chapter, we discuss the role of these emerging echocardiographic technologies in the perioperative period. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/23 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6920313 ER -