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By
David Sidebotham, MD, MBChB, FANZCA, Deapartments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Alan Merry, MD, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Malcolm Leggett, MD, Echo-Cardiologist, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Gary Bashein, MD, Professor, Anesthesiology and Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Description
Transesophageal Echocardiography is routinely used for perioperative and postoperative monitoring of cardiac patients. This book is a
practical guide for the anaesthetist or intensivist, covering the principles and techniques of diagnosis and monitoring.
Audience
Anesthesiologists and Anesthesia Residents, Critical Care Practitioners and Residents, CRNAs, Critical Care Nurses, Health Science Libraries
Contents
1. The Role of Perioperative Transoesophageal Echocardiography
2. Physical Principles, Ultrasonic Image Formation, and Artifacts
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Principles of Doppler Ultrasound
4. Image Planes and Standard Views
5. Common Diagnostic Pitfalls and Cardiac Masses
6. The
Evaluation of Haemodynamic Instability
7. Systolic Left Ventricular Function
8. Dyastolic Dysfunction
9. The Mitral Valve
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The Aortic Valve and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract
11. The Thoracic Aorta
12. Prosthetic Valves
13. The Right Ventricule,Tricuspid
Valve and Pulmonary Valve
14. Transplantation and Mechanical Cardiac Support
15. Adult Congenital Heart Disease
16. Aspects
of Quantitative and Semi-Quantitative Echocardiography
Appendix 1. Cleaning and Care of the Probe
Appendix 2. Normal values
Abbreviations
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Paperback, 288 pages, publication date: JUN-2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-5496-8
ISBN-10: 0-7506-5496-1
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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