TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Noncardiac Surgery A1 - Bouchez, Stefaan A1 - Shah, Svati H. A1 - Wouters, Patrick A2 - Mathew, Joseph P. A2 - Nicoara, Alina A2 - Ayoub, Chakib M. A2 - Swaminathan, Madhav Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Clinical Manual and Review of Transesophageal Echocardiography, 3e AB - While cardiac surgery is and has been the dominant clinical area of use for intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), initial studies did not specifically focus on this field of expertise. The new technology was expected to offer incremental value in noncardiac surgery as a tool to detect intracardiac emboli, for example, during craniotomies in sitting position and orthopedic surgery,1–4 as a noninvasive and continuous hemodynamic monitor during major surgical procedures5,6 and as a sensitive instrument to diagnose myocardial ischemia in high-risk patients.7,8 While subsequent studies confirmed the utility of TEE for such indications, the enthusiasm and adoption of TEE in noncardiac surgery remained modest and mainly confined to the practice of pioneers in the field. Reasons for this slow acceptance included a limited access to (heavy and expensive) echo equipment, a shortage of experienced echo trainers in anesthesia, and, most importantly, a lack of prospective outcome studies supporting the routine use of perioperative TEE outside the cardiac surgical setting. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1195104172 ER -