Longnecker's Anesthesiology > Part 4. Managing Anesthesia Care > Section A. Monitoring the Anesthesia Patient > Chapter 30. Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Systematic Approach Larry C. Field, MD, George D. Lappas, MD, Angus A. Christie, MD, Andrew Green, MD, Steven T. Morozowich, MD, Tamas Szabo, MD, PhD, Qin Zhang, MD, Stephen P. Murphy, MD, Ravi Bissessar, MD, and Solomon Aronson, MD

Key Points

"1. TEE is an essential component of cardiac anesthesia care.

2. A complete diagnostic examination should include the standard set of views (at a minimum) suggested by the ASE/SCA guidelines.

3. Intraoperative evaluation of acute persistent and life threatening hemodynamic disturbances in which ventricular function is uncertain and unresponsive to treatment is a Category I indication for TEE.

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