Transesophageal Echocardiography Essentials
Ultrasound
The team at Medmastery are providing LITFL readers with a series of FOAMed courses from across their website.
Description
Targeted towards cardiologists in training, internists, anesthesiologists, emergency physicians, cardiac physiologists, and cardiac sonographers this course teaches you everything you need to know about performing a standard TEE exam. You’ll learn when a TEE should be ordered and what needs to be done to ensure the safety of your patient during the process. You’ll also learn how to obtain the standard views and how the standard views can be modified to obtain some of the more atypical views.
Course Details
65 Lessons
10 Quizzes
6 CME
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Course Highlights
How to use the Transesophageal Echo probe
Today, we explore the transesophageal Echocardiography Essentials course with consultant cardiologist Andrew R. Houghton. By the end of the lesson, participants will have learned how to assimilate the range of possible TEE probe manipulations in order to obtain the views that they need.
Overview of Transesophageal Echo views
Today, we explore the transesophageal Echocardiography Essentials course with consultant cardiologist Andrew R. Houghton. By the end of the lesson, participants will have learned what the most commonly-used Transesophageal echo (TEE) views are.
Mid-esophageal four-chamber view (left ventricle)
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.
Transesophageal Echocardiography Essentials course with consultant cardiologist Andrew R. Houghton. By the end of the lesson, participants will have learned about the anatomy of the mitral valve with reference to TEE imaging.
Mid-esophageal long-axis view (aortic valve)
Transesophageal Echocardiography Essentials course with consultant cardiologist Andrew R. Houghton. By the end of the lesson, participants will have learned about the anatomy of the aortic valve with reference to TEE imaging.
Mid-esophageal left atrial appendage view
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 LAA view to assess the left atrial appendage, quantify emptying velocities, and look for thrombus/spontaneous contrast.