TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Introduction to Perioperative Echocardiography A1 - Wasnick, John D. A1 - Hillel, Zak A1 - Kramer, David A1 - Littwin, Sanford A1 - Nicoara, Alina Y1 - 2011 N1 - T2 - Cardiac Anesthesia and Transesophageal Echocardiography AB - Perioperative echocardiography has become an essential tool in the anesthetic management of the cardiac surgical patient. Moreover, echocardiographic skills and knowledge can be applied to patients irrespective of the nature of surgical procedure. Consequently, this text begins with a discussion about transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and other echocardiographic modalities. Because in recent years cardiac anesthesia has increasingly been associated with the use of TEE, this introduction will also serve to present the TEE examination of the normal patient with normal heart structures. Throughout this book, TEE will be employed to illustrate various cardiac pathologies and the anesthetic manipulations required to manage patients with a variety of cardiac conditions. In fact, TEE imagery will be integrated into the discussion and explanations of anesthetic management much in the way that echographic images are employed in routine anesthetic practice. Although it is not the authors' intention to write a definitive text of perioperative echocardiography, it is hoped that the reader will become sufficiently familiar with this valuable tool to appreciate how echocardiographic imagery can be mated with clinical knowledge and clinical experience to effectively manage the cardiac surgery patient or any patient perioperatively. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=8551944 ER -