Core Topics in Transesophageal Echocardiography Book

Contributors vii

Preface ix

Addendum to Chapter 1: updated indications for perioperative TEE xi

Section 1 Fundamentals of transesophageal echocardiography

1 Introduction: indications, training, and accreditation in transesophageal echocardiography Robert Feneck Marco Ranucci 3

2 Basic principles of physics in echocardiographic imaging and Doppler techniques Joachim Erb 13

3 Safety and complications; probe maintenance Robert Feneck 34

4 The transesophageal echo examination Robert Feneck Luca Lorini 43

5 Normal valves Dominique Bettex Pierre-Guy Chassot 59

6 Aortic valve disease Justiaan Swanevelder 73

7 Mitral valve disease John Kneeshaw 108

8 The tricuspid valve, pulmonary valve, and pulmonary artery Alfredo Pazzaglia Patrick Wouters 135

9 Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function Fabio Guarracino 145

10 The right ventricle Patrick Wouters 163

11 Cardiac masses and pericardial disease Robert Feneck 180

12 The thoracic aorta Robert Feneck Andrzej Wielogorski 193

13 Hemodynamic assessment Marco Ranucci Alfredo Pazzaglia 205

Section 2 Practical issues in transesophageal echocardiography

14 Ischemic heart disease 225

Conventional myocardial revascularization Patrick Wouters 225

Off-pump (OPCAB) cardiac surgery Sean Bennett 232

Left ventricular reconstruction Marco Ranucci Serenella Castelvecchio Marisa Di Donato 236

15 Cardiomyopathies Alexander Ng Justiaan Swanevelder 247

16 Mitral valve repair Fabio Guarracino 268

17 Aortic valve surgery 275

Open aortic valve surgery Justiaan Swanevelder Alison Parnell 275

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation Joerg Ender Chirojit Mukherjee 288

18 Infective endocarditis John Kneeshaw Robert Feneck 294

19 Prosthetic valves John B. Chambers 310

20 Adult congenital heart disease: TEE guidance of interventional catheter-delivered devices Mario Carminati Diana Negura Luciane Piazza Massimo Chessa Gianfranco Butera Robert Feneck 324

21 Critical and emergency care Luca Lorini Erik Sloth 339

22 Three-dimensional imaging Heinz D. Tschernich 348

23 Recent developments in Doppler imaging Heinz D. Tschernich 368

24 Transesophageal echocardiography reporting John Kneeshaw Kamen Valchanov 397

Index 405