Practice guidelines for perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. An updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force on Transesophageal Echocardiography," Anesthesiology, vol.

According to the ASE, in well-trained hands, focused echocardiography can be regarded as an accurate method, with reliable findings in the evaluation of cardiac structure and function (SPENCER et al., 2013).

However, systematic assessments of the LV function and size, MR, and complications of patients with ALCAPA managed with left coronary artery (LCA) re-implantation are limited.[sup][4] Although coronary computed tomography angiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and invasive angiocardiography are used for the diagnosis of ALCAPA, echocardiography still is harmless and inexpensive and is the most frequently used method at present.

The notion that physical examination is superior to echocardiography is appealing, but likely incorrect.

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) revealed a dilated left atrium and ventricle with a highly impaired left ventricular ejection fraction of 30%.

But a recent study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), suggests that, in fact, echocardiography is being underused.

This study was aimed to determine the diagnostic accuracy and impact of the systematic use of noninvasive tests such as, echocardiography and multidetector CT in preoperative paediatric patients with TOF and to determine the need for cardiac catheterization and invasive angiocardiography in patients of specific subgroups.

"On the basis of our findings, we recommend increasing the use of echocardiography in E.

"Digisonics strives to provide the 'best of class' clinical interpretation solutions for PACS and structured reporting for the field of echocardiography," says Digisonics CEO Diana McSherry, PhD.

Anesthesiology and cardiology specialists from North America, Europe, and South Africa offer 23 chapters on transesophageal echocardiography. They cover the essentials of 2D imaging and Doppler echo; valvular disease; clinical challenges like coronary revascularization, transcatheter interventions in aortic and mitral position, the thoracic aorta, and cardiac masses and embolic sources; and artifacts and pitfalls in clinical echocardiography and techniques and tricks for optimizing transesophageal images.

For this purpose, we used two novel echocardiographic techniques: speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) and real-time 3D echocardiography (RT3DE).

Pre-procedural transesophageal echocardiography and thorough cardiac evaluation is necessary in these patients before considering device closure.

All patients who were diagnosed with Total anomalous pulmonary venous return on echocardiography and had subsequent confirmation either on cardiac CT angiography or surgery were included.