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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