TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Training and Certification in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography
A1  - Swaminathan, Madhav
A2  - Mathew, Joseph P.
A2  - Nicoara, Alina
A2  - Ayoub, Chakib M.
A2  - Swaminathan, Madhav
PY  - 2018
T2  - Clinical Manual and Review of Transesophageal Echocardiography, 3e
AB  - Since  its  introduction  into  the  perioperative  arena,1  transesophageal  echocardiography  (TEE)  has  become  an  integral  part  of  the  care  received  by  patients  undergoing  heart  surgery.  The  use  of  TEE  in  surgical  care  continues  to  expand  to  other  areas,  such  as  liver  transplantation,  lung  transplantation,  major  vascular  surgery,  and  persistent  hemodynamic  instability  in  the  operating  room.  Evolving  areas  such  as  transcatheter  treatment  of  structural  heart  disease  involve  critical  procedural  guidance  using  TEE,  which  may  be  performed  by  anesthesiologists  or  cardiologists  depending  on  institutional  preference.  Anesthesiologists  have  been  actively  involved  with  perioperative  TEE  (PTE)  since  its  inception,  and  some  degree  of  training  in  PTE  has  become  an  integral,  accepted  component  of  all  anesthesiology  residencies  in  the  United  States.  The  American  Board  of  Anesthesiology  includes  an  expectation  of  echocardiographic  recognition  of  normal  cardiac  anatomy  using  TEE  in  their  primary  certification  content  outline  under  “advanced  topics.”2  In  addition,  the  Accreditation  Council  for  Graduate  Medical  Education  (ACGME)  includes  the  placement  and  use  of  TEE  as  a  competency  requirement  for  any  accredited  anesthesiology  residency  program.3  For  trainees  in  a  cardiology  program,  the  American  College  of  Cardiology  defines  the  overall  requirements  for  training  in  the  Core  Cardiology  Training  Statement  (COCATS),  currently  in  version  4,  with  requirements  in  echocardiography  described  by  task  force  5.4  This  chapter  reviews  the  training  and  certification  requirements  for  competence  in  PTE  with  a  brief  historical  context  and  an  emphasis  on  the  current  status  in  the  United  States.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171728513
ER  -