TEE Essentials: Assessment of the left ventricle
The team at Medmastery are providing LITFL readers with a series of FOAMed courses from across their website.
Transesophageal Echocardiography Essentials course with consultant cardiologist Andrew R. Houghton. By the end of the lesson, participants will have learned how to obtain the mid-esophageal 4-chamber view of the LV, and use it to assess LV function and look for RWMAs of the inferoseptal and anterolateral walls, and how to screen for LV thrombus/masses.
Further Reading
- How to use the Transesophageal Echo probe
- Overview of Transesophageal Echo views
- Mid-esophageal four-chamber view (left ventricle)
- Anatomy of the mitral valve
- Mid-esophageal long-axis view (aortic valve)
- Mid-esophageal left atrial appendage view
- Course: Transesophageal Echocardiography Essentials
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