Key result
Recent advances in transesophageal echocardiography, including three-dimensional imaging, continuous monitoring, strain imaging, and diastolic assessment, have improved perioperative cardiac care.
Recent technological advances in transesophageal echocardiography, such as 3D imaging and strain analysis, significantly improve the perioperative care and monitoring of patients with complex cardiac pathophysiology.
Should not yet alter perioperative TEE protocols; leaves open need for prospective trials to confirm benefits.
Introduced in 1977, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) offered imaging through a new acoustic window sitting directly behind the heart, allowing improved evaluation of many cardiac conditions. Shortly thereafter, TEE was applied to the intraoperative environment, as investigators quickly recognized that continuous cardiac evaluation and monitoring during surgery, particularly cardiac operations, were now possible. Among the many applications for perioperative TEE, this review will focus on four recent advances: three-dimensional TEE imaging, continuous TEE monitoring in the intensive care unit, strain imaging, and assessment of diastolic ventricular function.
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Maxwell et al. (2016) conducted a review in Cardiac conditions requiring echocardiography. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was evaluated. Recent advances in transesophageal echocardiography, including three-dimensional imaging, continuous monitoring, strain imaging, and diastolic assessment, have improved perioperative cardiac care.
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