- The principal resource on all aspects of CHD evaluation by TEE
- Provides succinct but highly instructive textual material
- Illustrated by numerous figures, video loops and illustrative cases
This extensively revised textbook reviews the use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in pediatric and young adult patients with cardiac disease.
It reviews how TEE has made a vital contribution to these patients’ successful and continually improving clinical outcomes, enabling them to live well into adulthood. The book details the evolving technology and applications of TEE (including three-dimensional TEE), describing how this imaging approach remains at the forefront of clinical practice for pediatric patients and those with congenital heart disease (CHD).
Transesophageal Echocardiography for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease represents a unique contribution as the only contemporary text to focus exclusively on the clinical application of TEE in children and all patients with CHD. Written by numerous prominent specialists in the field, it presents a comprehensive, modern and integrated review of the subject. Specific chapter topics include the physics and instrumentation of TEE, structural and functional evaluation, and specialized aspects of the examination, with emphasis on the technical considerations pertinent to both pediatric and adult patients with a variety of congenital and acquired cardiovascular pathologies. Consequently, it serves as a comprehensive reference for the TEE evaluation of CHD, utilizing the segmental approach to diagnosis and discussing the TEE evaluation of the many anomalies encompassing the CHD spectrum.
In addition, numerous other relevant topics are discussed, including application of TEE for perioperative and interventional settings. The book is richly illustrated, with many chapters supplemented by illustrative case studies and accompanying videos. A specific section with multiple-choice questions and answers is provided at the end of each chapter to reinforce key concepts.
This textbook therefore provides an invaluable and indispensable resource for all trainees and p
Table of Contents- Science of Ultrasound and Echocardiography
- Instrumentation
- Indications and Guidelines in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease
- Structural Evaluation of the Cardiovascular System
- Functional Evaluation of the Heart
- Systemic and Pulmonary Venous Anomalies
- Atrial Septal Defects and Atrial Anomalies
- Atrioventricular Septal Defects
- Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Anomalies
- Ventricular Septal Defects
- Single Ventricle
- Cardiac Malposition and Heterotaxy
- Outflow Tract Anomalies
- Conotruncal Anomalies
- Transposition Complexes
- Great Artery and Vascular Anomalies
- Congenital Coronary Artery Anomalies
- Intraoperative and Postoperative Applications
- Other Applications, Including the Critical Care Setting
- Applications for Non-Congenital Heart Disease in Pediatric Patients
- Applications in the Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology Laboratories
- Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
- Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease
- Clinical Applications of Three Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease
