Contributors

vi

Foreword

xi

Preface

xii

Acknowledgments

xiii

SECTION 1

BASIC PERIOPERATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

1

Physics of Echocardiography   Bernard E. Bulwer, Stanton K. Shernan and James D. Thomas

3

2

Imaging Artifacts and Pitfalls   Lori B. Heller, Solomon Aronson, and Linda Shore-Lesserson

42

3

Optimizing Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Imaging   Bernard E. Bulwer and Stanton K. Shernan

52

4

Surgical Anatomy of the Heart   Bruce Bollen, Carlos Duran, Andrej A. Alfirevic, and Robert M. Savage

69

5

Comprehensive and Abbreviated Intraoperative TEE Examination   Jack S. Shanewise, Joyce J. Shin, Daniel P. Vezina, and Michael K. Cahaian

84

6

Updated Indications for Intraoperative TEE   Scott T. Reeves and Daniel M. Thys

98

7

Organization of an Intraoperative Echocardiographic Service: Personnel, Equipment, Maintenance, Safety, Infection, Economics, and Continuous Quality Improvement   Saket Singh, Joseph P. Mathew, and Christopher A. Troianos

106

8

Organizing Education and Training in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography   Andrej A. Alfirevic and Robert M. Savage

128

9

Assessment of Global Ventricular Function   Carlo E. Marcucci, Ryan Lauer, and Solomon Aronson

133

10

Assessment of Right Ventricular Function   Shahar Bar-Yoset, Rebecca A. Schroeder, Atilio Barbeito, and Jonathan B. Mark

156

11

Assessment of Regional Ventricular Function   G. Burkhard Mackensen, Lori B. Heller, and Solomon Aronson

168

12

Assessment of Diastolic Dysfunction in the Perioperative Setting   Alina Nicoara and Madhav Swaminathan

181

13

Assessment of the Mitral Valve   Colleen Gorman Koch

198

14

Assessment of the Aortic Valve   Brenda M. Macknight and Christopher A. Troianos

216

15

Assessment of the Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valves   Atilio Barbeito, Rebecca A. Schroeder, Shahar Bar-Yosef, and Jonathan B. Mark

236

16

Assessment of Prosthetic Valves   Michelle Capdeville and Michael G. Licina

253

17

Assessment of Cardiac Masses   Dilip R. Thakar, Andrew D. Shaw, and Juan C. Plana

282

18

Transesophageal Echocardiographic Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery   K. Annette Mizuguchi, Carl Schwartz, Stanton K. Shernan, and Andrew Maslow

299

19

Ultrasound for Vascular Access   Rosemary N. Uzomba and Christopher A. Troianos

306

SECTION 2

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN THE CRITICAL CARE SETTING

20

Overview and Relevance of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Critical Care Medicine   David T. Porembka, Nicolas Aeschlimann, Jose Diaz-Gomez

333

21

Chest Wall Echocardiography in the Intensive Care Unit   Jason N. Katz, Nicolas Aeschlimann, and Andrew D. Shaw

353

22

The Assessment of a Patient with Endocarditis   Christopher C.C. Hudson, Jordan K.C. Hudson, and G. Burkhard Mackensen

363

23

Rescue Echocardiography in the Critically Ill Patient   Stanton K. Sheman and Solomon Aronson

372

SECTION 3

ADVANCED APPLICATIONS IN PERIOPERATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

24

Epiaortic and Epicardial Imaging   James Richardson, Scott T. Reeves, and Kathryn Glas

381

25

Assessment of Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult Patient   Isobel Russell, Elyse Foster, and Kathryn Rouine-Rapp

390

26

Assessment of Perioperative Hemodynamics   Nikolaos J. Skuhas and Albert Perrino

406

27

Assessment in Higher Risk Myocardial Revascularization and Complications of Ischemic Heart Disease   Kyungrok Kim, Robert M. Savage, Joseph Sabik, and Bruce W. Lytle

426

28

Assessment of the Mitral Valve in Ischemic Heart Disease   Matthew L. Williams, Christopher F. Sulzer, Donald D. Glowec, Carmelo Milano, and Solomon Aronson

462

29

Surgical Considerations in Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Surgery   A. Marc Gillinov, Erik A.K. Beyer, Gonzalo Gonzalez-Stawinski, and Tomislav Mihaljevic

474

30

Surgical Considerations and Assessment in Nonischemic Mitral Valve Surgery   Douglas C. Shook, Michael Essandoh, Robert M. Savage, and William J. Stewart

487

31

Assessment in Aortic Valve Surgery   Ankur R. Gosalia and Christopher A. Troianos

566

32

Surgical Considerations and Assessment in Aortic Surgery   Edward G. Soltesz and Lars G. Svensson

590

33

Surgical Considerations and Assessment of Endovascular Management of Thoracic Vascular Disease   Teng C. Lee, Madhav Swaminathan, and G. Chad Hughes

599

34

Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiomyopathies   Jordan K.C. Hudson, Christopher C.C. Hudson, and G. Burkhard Mackensen

611

35

Surgical Considerations and Assessment in Heart Failure Surgery   Alina M. Grigore, Christopher A. Thunberg, Robert M. Savage, and Nicholas J. Smedira

622

36

Assessment of Cardiac Transplantation   Mihai V. Podgoreanu and Joseph P. Mathew

661

37

Assessment in Cardiac Intervention   Domnik Wiktor, E. Murat Tuzcu, Patrick L. Whitlow, and Robert M. Savage

675

38

Perioperative Application of New Modalities: Strain Echocardiography and Three-Dimensional Echocardiography   Nikolaos J. Skubas, Feroze Mahmood, Douglas C. Shook, and Startton K. Shernan

694

39

Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pericardial Disease   Edwin G. Avery and Stanton K. Shernan

725

Answers

741

Index

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