Savage & Aronson’s Comprehensive Textbook of Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography, 3rd Edition

Savage & Aronson’s Comprehensive Textbook of Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography, 3rd Edition Description

Savage & Aronson’s Comprehensive Textbook of Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography, 3rd Edition features new chapters on transcatheter procedures and significantly expanded content on the use of TEE and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in the critical care setting.

Here’s what you will learn in this course:

• Contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments

SECTION I:

• Fundamentals of Perioperative Echocardiography
• Physics of Ultrasound
• Doppler Echocardiography
• Imaging Artifacts and Diagnostic Pitfalls
• Optimizing Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Images
• Surgical Anatomy of the Heart
• Comprehensive and Basic Perioperative TEE Examination
• Indications for Intraoperative Transesophageal Echo
• Organization of a Perioperative Echocardiographic Service: Personnel, Equipment, Maintenance, Safety, Infection, Economics, and Continuous Quality Improvement
• Education and Training in Perioperative Echocardiography
• Assessment of Global Left Ventricular Systolic Function
• Regional Left Ventricular Systolic Function
• Assessment of Right Ventricular Function
• Assessment of Diastolic Function in the Perioperative Setting
• Assessment of the Mitral Valve
• Assessment of the Aortic Valve
• Assessment of the Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valves
• Prosthetic Heart Valves
• Assessment of Cardiac Masses
• Pericardial Diseases

SECTION II: Advanced Perioperative Applications of Echo-cardiography in Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Cannulation and Perfusion Strategies for Cardiopulmonary Bypass
• Epiaortic and Epicardial Imaging
• Assessment of Perioperative Hemodynamics
• Assessment and Surgical Considerations in Ischemic/Functional Mitral Valve Surgery
• Surgical Considerations and Assessment in Nonischemic Mitral Valve Surgery
• Assessment and Surgical Considerations in Aortic Valve Surgery
• Assessment and Surgical Considerations During Open and Endovascular Thoracic Aortic Surgery
• The Assessment of a Patient With Endocarditis
• Hemodynamic Assessment While Weaning Off Cardiopulmonary Bypass

SECTION III: Advanced Perioperative Applications of Echocardiography in End-Stage Heart and Lung Failure

• Echocardiographic Assessment of Cardiomyopathies
• Assessment and Surgical Consideration in Pericardiectomy
• Assessment and Surgical Considerations in Cardiac Transplantation
• Assessment and Surgical Considerations in Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation

SECTION IV: Advanced Perioperative Applications of Echocardiography in Structural Heart Disease

• Assessment and Procedural Considerations During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
• Assessment and Considerations During Left Atrial Appendage Closure Procedures
• Assessment and Considerations DuringTranscatheter Mitral Valve Procedures
• Assessment and Considerations During Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair and Replacement
• Assessment and Considerations for Atrial Septal Defect Closure

SECTION V: Advanced Perioperative Applications of Echocardiography During Electrophysiologic Procedures

• Procedural Intracardiac Ultrasound Imaging in Ablation of Arrhythmias
• Insertion of Rhythm Management Devices and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
• Transvenous Lead Extraction

SECTION VI: Diagnostic Echocardiography and Ultrasound in Critical Care Settings

• Overview of Transesophageal Echocardiography and Transthoracic Echocardiography in Critical Care
• Hemodynamic Assessment of the Critically Ill Patient
• Rescue Echocardiography in the Unstable Patient
• Acute and Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension
• Assessment of the Lung and Thoracic Cavity in ICU
• Assessment of Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Function
• Vascular Access
• Procedural Access in the Intensive Care Unit

SECTION VII: Echocardiography in Noncardiac Settings

• Transesophageal Echocardiography for Nonthoracic Transplants
• Intraoperative Imaging of the Inferior Vena Cava and Hepatic Vein by Transesophageal Echocardiography

Index