Transesophageal Echocardiography Tutorial and Reference

About the Software

The Transesophageal Echocardiography Tutorial and Reference is an interactive electronic book for learning transesophageal echocardiography. The intended audience for the book includes anesthesiologists, cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons who wish to become familiar with this technique.

The book is a very thorough introduction to transesophageal echocardiography. It contains eighteen chapters, 463 pages, 164 color diagrams and 180 real-time digitized video images. It is very easy to use with consistent navigation features, extensive search capabilities, an on-line index and on-line help.

The Transesophageal Echocardiography Tutorial and Reference was written by Richard L. Applegate II, M.D., Patricia M. Applegate, M.D. and Thomas P. Engel, M.D. at Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California.

System Requirements

1. Color or gray-scale Apple Macintosh computer (256 colors recommended).
2. 640 x 400 pixel screen (640 x 480 or larger recommended).
3. CD-ROM Drive.
4. QuickTime 1.6.
5. 4 MB RAM (5 MB recommended).
6. System 7.

Contents

• Title
• Legal Matters
• System Requirements
• Help
• Table of Contents
• Abbreviations
• Principles of Ultrasound
• Principles of Doppler
• Doppler Hemodynamics
• Basic TEE Exam
• Transverse Scan Exam
• Longitudinal Scan Exam
• Comparison of Views
• Multiplane Exam
• Analysis of LV Function
• Miscellaneous Topics
• Unknowns
• Atrial Unknowns
• Valvular Unknowns
• Ventricular Unknowns
• Vessel Unknowns
• Selected References
• Index

Sample Screen Images

Title Page

Table of Contents

Index

Text

Text and Video

Diagram and Video

Sample Video

Transverse Scan Left Ventricle

Aortic Regurgitation Color Flow Doppler

For More Information

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