TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF VALVE FUNCTION AND ENDOCARDITIS
A1  - Arntfield, Robert
A1  - Mayo, Paul H.
A2  - Levitov, Alexander B.
A2  - Mayo, Paul H.
A2  - Slonim, Anthony D.
Y1  - 2015
N1  - 
T2  - Critical Care Ultrasonography, 2e
AB  - Echocardiography  is  an  effective  means  of  assessing  cardiac  valve  function.  It  is  useful  for  a  rapid  qualitative  assessment  or  a  more  comprehensive  assessment  for  all  forms  of  valve  function  using  transthoracic  echocardiography  (TTE)  and  transesophageal  echocardiography  (TEE).  Doppler  assessment  allows  an  accurate  quantitative  measurement  of  the  severity  of  stenotic  and  regurgitant  lesions.  The  extent  to  which  the  critical  care  echocardiographer  applies  the  sophisticated  tools  of  the  cardiologist  to  assess  valvular  heart  disease  is  highly  variable.  By  training,  background,  and  interest,  cardiologists  often  take  the  lead  in  this  aspect  of  echocardiography.  However,  the  intensivist  who  performs  echocardiography  should  have  some  fundamental  competence  in  assessing  valve  function,  as  many  patients  in  the  intensive  care  unit  (ICU)  may  have  valve  dysfunction  that  adversely  impacts  their  cardiopulmonary  status.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1125015967
ER  -