Consensus on Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography of the Brazilian Society of Anesthesiology and the Department of Cardiovascular Image of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology

Figures

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  Figure 1. Anatomical relationships for transesophageal probe, esophagus, and heart.

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  Figure 2. Probe and transducer handling movements to acquire echocardiographic images. Adapted from Galhardo et al.6

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  Figure 3. (A) Mid-esophageal five-chamber cross-section. (B) Mid-esophageal four-chamber cross-section. (C) Mid-esophageal commissural cross-section. (D) Mid-esophageal two-chamber cross-section.

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  Figure 4. (A) Mid-esophageal long axis cross-section. (B) Mid-esophageal ascending aorta long axis cross-section. (C) Mid-esophageal aortic valve long axis cross-section. (D) Mid-esophageal ascending aorta short axis.

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  Figure 5. (A) Mid-esophageal aortic valve short axis cross-section. (B) Mid-esophageal right ventricle inflow-outflow cross-section. (C) Mid-esophageal modified bicaval cross-section. (D) Mid-esophageal bicaval cross-section.

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  Figure 6. (A) Upper-esophageal right and left pulmonary veins cross-section. (B) Mid-esophageal left atrial appendage cross-section. (C) Transgastric basal short axis cross-section. (D) Transgastric mid-papillary short axis cross-section.

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  Figure 7. (A) Transgastric apical short axis cross-section. (B) Transgastric basal right ventricle cross-section. (C) Transgastric right ventricle inflow-outflow cross-section. (D) Deep transgastric cross-section.

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  Figure 8. (A) Transgastric long axis cross-section. (B) Transgastric long axis cross-section. (C) Descending aorta short axis cross-section. (D) Descending aorta long axis cross-section.

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  Figure 9. (A) Upper-esophageal aortic arch long axis cross-section. (B) Upper-esophageal aortic arch short axis cross-section.

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  Figure 10. Mitral annulus assessment by three-dimensional echocardiography. (A) Anteroposterior diameter. (B) Anterolateral–posteromedial diameter. Ao, aortic ring; A, anterior; P, posterior; AL, anterolateral; PM, posteromedial.

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  Figure 11. Carpentier nomenclature: segments #1 are anterolateral, #3 are posteromedial, and #2 correspond to the valve mid-portion. The anterior and posterior commissures are also visualized.12

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  Figure 12. Mitral subvalvar apparatus, showing the chordae tendineae distribution at each cusp.12