Physics of Echocardiogram

Description

Since its clinical introduction in the 80s, intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has represented one of the greatest advances in modern cardiac anesthesia.In recent years, with the improvement in generation of acoustic images resolution and portability of equipment, TEE has become an important method for early diagnosis of myocardial ischemia, adjustment of valve repairs and exchanges, determination of acute hemodynamic disorders and diagnosis of pathologies not identified in the preoperative period. With the increasing use of TEE in the operating room anesthesiologists have sought training and competence to effectively use this method therefore widening its activities in the context of perioperative medicine. This presentation deals with physics involved hemodynamic calculation with echocardiogram.