Since the publication of the first edition of the Clinical Manual
and Review of Transesophageal Echocardiography in 2005, the field has
continued to grow at a rapid pace. In order to maintain its place as a
standard reference manual, this edition has been completely reorganized and
expanded to offer concise yet comprehensive coverage of the key principles,
concepts, and developing practices of transesophageal echocardiography
(TEE). This second edition was written with pride and gratitude by numerous
contributing authors and is offered to anesthesiologists, cardiologists,
cardiothoracic surgeons, emergency room physicians, intensivists, and
sonographers. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated to
provide a summary of the physiology, pathophysiology, tomographic views, and
the required twodimensional, M-mode, color-flow, and Doppler
echocardiography data for both normal and common disease states. New
chapters on ultrasound artifacts, quantitative echocardiography, tricuspid
and pulmonic valves, right heart function, heart failure surgery, epicardial
and epiaortic ultrasonography, TEE in nonoperative settings,
three-dimensional echocardiography, and the board certification process have
also been added. Whenever possible, important clinical information has been
integrated with the principles of cardiovascular physiology. In addition,
narrative and bulleted text, charts, and graphs were effectively blended in
order to speed access to key clinical information for the purpose of
improving clinical management. Finally, an increased number of
chapter-ending standardized review questions along with a new companion CD,
which includes a practice test, offer readers an opportunity to test their
knowledge and to prepare for the certification exams.
In this edition we welcome our new co-editor, Dr. Madhav
Swaminathan, and several new authors. We gratefully acknowledge the
contributions of all our authors, who are prominent experts in their fields,
and we are thankful for their hard work, dedication, and selfless commitment
to this second edition. It is their excellence, attention to detail, passion
for echocardiography, and vast knowledge that allowed this project to
proceed smoothly. We are also thankful to the many readers of the first
edition who offered words of encouragement and even advice on how the book
could be improved—many of those suggestions have been incorporated
into this edition. Despite the changes, however, we hope that we have
retained the elements that made the first edition so useful to the novice
echocardiographer. Finally, we once again recognize and are indebted to
those who instilled in us the passion for echocardiography and for
discovery: Drs. Paul Barash, Fiona Clements, Ed Prokop, and Terry Rafferty,
as well as Elizabeth Davis, LPN, RDCS.
Our
sincere appreciation also goes to our assistants, Melinda Macalino, Jaime
Cooke, and Rabih Mukalled, for their dedication, enthusiasm, and patience.
In addition, we would like to thank Marsha Gelber, Regina Brown, Brian
Belval, and the staff at McGraw-Hill for their continued support with this
project.
Joseph P. Mathew
Madhav Swaminathan
Chakib M. Ayoub