Tag Douglas C. Shook

Introduction Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for intraoperative planning is well established in the armamentarium of surgeons, cardiologists, and anesthesiologists. The use of intraoperative TEE has become the standard of care during cardiac surgery, and the intraoperative echocardiographer (IE), generally an anesthesiologist,…

Introduction Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is an additional and complementary method of obtaining ultrasound images of the heart and surrounding structures. A flexible TEE probe is introduced, via the mouth, into the esophagus of the patient. The tip of the TEE…