Critical Care Transesophageal Echocardiography

Publication Date

2015

Journal Title

Chest

Abstract

Critical care transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is useful in characterizing shock states encountered by intensivists when transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) gives insufficient information or when more detailed analysis of cardiac structures is needed. It is safe, feasible, and easy to learn and is a recommended component of advanced critical care echocardiography. This article reviews critical care TEE regarding training, equipment, comparison with TTE, indications, safety, and standard views of critical care TEE. It should be considered a companion article to a recent two-part series in CHEST that focused on advanced critical care TTE. Included with this article is an online supplement that has a representative series of critical care TEE images with clinical commentary.

Volume Number

148

Issue Number

5

Pages

1323-1332

Document Type

Article

Status

Faculty

Facility

School of Medicine

Primary Department

Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

PMID

26204465

DOI

10.1378/chest.15-0260

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