BookPierre C. Wong, Wanda C. Miller-Hance, editors.
Summary: 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 practitioners using TEE in the management of CHD and pediatric patients.
Contents:
Science of Ultrasound and Echocardiography
Instrumentation for Transesophageal Echocardiography
Indications and Guidelines for Performance of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Acquired Heart Disease
Structural Evaluation of the Heart by Transesophageal Echocardiography
Evaluation of complex cardiac malpositions, dextrocardia, heterotaxy
Functional Evaluation of the Heart by Transesophageal Echocardiography
Systemic and Pulmonary Venous Anomalies
Atrial Abnormalities
Atrial Septal Defects
Atrioventricular Septal Defects and Atrioventricular Valve Anomalies
Ventricular Septal Defects
Evaluation of the Single Ventricle
Outflow Tract Anomalies
Evaluation of Conotruncal Abnormalities
Transposition complexes: corrected and congenitally corrected
Great Artery and Other Vascular Abnormalities
Congenital Coronary Artery Anomalies
Intraoperative and Postoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease
Transesophageal echocardiography for noncongenital heart disease in pediatric patients
Additional Applications of Transesophageal Echocardiography
Applications of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Applications of TEE in the critical care/emergency care setting
Transesophageal Echocardiography in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Transesophageal Three-Dimensional Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease
Clinical Applications of Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease.