A Practical Approach to the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Ventricular Diastolic Function Stanton K. Shernan IN COMPARISON TO SYSTOLE, THE diastolic phase of the cardiac cycle has only recently acquired appropriate…

Mitral Regurgitation A. Stephane Lambert TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (TEE) HAS BECOME a standard of care in the cardiac operating room, allowing the anesthesiologist to play an important part in the surgical…

Doppler Technology and Technique Albert C. Perrino, Jr. TWO-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PROVIDES remarkable high-resolution, full motion display of cardiac structures. Yet despite the ability to reveal the most intricate anatomic detail,…

Techniques and Tricks for Optimizing Transesophageal Images Alan C. Finley and Scott T. Reeves INTRODUCTION The accuracy and diagnostic confidence of a transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) study depends greatly on the…

Aortic Regurgitation Ira S. Cohen THE EXQUISITE SENSITIVITY OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL echocardiography (TEE) in identifying aortic regurgitation (AR) is manifested by its ability to detect the minute regurgitant jets engineered into…