Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography for non-cardiac surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has evolved to include patients undergoing high-risk non-cardiac procedures and patients with significant cardiac disease undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Implementation of basic TEE education in training programs has increased across a broad spectrum of procedures in the perioperative arena. This paper describes the use of perioperative TEE in non-cardiac surgery and provides an overview of the basic TEE examination.

Principal findings

Perioperative TEE is used to monitor hemodynamic parameters in non-cardiac procedures where there is a high risk of hemodynamic instability. Its use extends to include moderate-risk procedures for patients with significant cardiac diseases such as low ejection fraction, hypertrophic car

SUBMITTER: Fayad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6071868 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature