Better With Ultrasound: Transesophageal Echocardiography

Chest: The Journal of Circulation, Respiration and Related Systems

Hailey Hobbs^1¹  Seth Koenig^2²  Atul Jaidka^1³ 

[1] Hofstra North Shore, LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York^2;University of Ottawa/The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada^3;University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada^1

关键词: echocardiography;    education;    ultrasound;    LV;    left ventricular;    OR;    operating room;    RV;    right ventricular;    SVC;    superior vena cava;    TEE;    transesophageal echocardiography;    TTE;    transthoracic echocardiogram;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.chest.2018.09.023

学科分类：呼吸医学

来源: American College of Chest Physicians

【 摘 要 】

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a safe and minimally invasive tool that can routinely provide high-quality anatomic and hemodynamic information in the severely ill. Despite its potential for frontline acute care clinicians, TEE use has typically been reserved for diagnostic experts in the cardiac-surgical milieu. With the continued evolution of point-of-care ultrasound into increasingly sophisticated domains, TEE has gained steady uptake in many nontraditional environments for both advanced echocardiographic assessment as well as answering more goal directed, fundamental questions. This article introduces the workings of the TEE transducer, presents a systematic approach to a goal-directed hemodynamic assessment, and includes a series of illustrative figures and narrated video presentations to demonstrate the techniques described.

【 授权许可】

CC BY