Transthoracic & Transesophageal Echocardiogram Guide
If you are a cardiologist in practice, a fellow in training, an echo technologist, or a cardiac anesthesiologist, then this is the right place to help you learn and review principles of echocardiography.
Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is the most commonly performed cardiac ultrasound examination. A high quality transthoracic echocardiogram can be performed quickly at the bedside and has the potential to comprehensively evaluate left and right ventricular systolic and diastolic function, regional wall motion, valvular heart disease, and diseases of the pericardium.
Transesophageal echocardiography improves image quality in many ways over transthoracic echo
Parasternal Long Axis
Parasternal Short Axis
Apical
Subcostal
Suprasternal
Mass/Volume Calculations
Common Indications for TEE
Contraindications for TEE
Mid-Esophageal Views
Transgastric Views
Deep Transgastric View
High esophageal views