title: [Application fields of intraoperative transesophageal 3D echocardiography].
abstract: Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is an established diagnostic tool and has to be regarded as the standard of care for intraoperative monitoring and cardiac surgical decision-making. Furthermore, intraoperative TEE is also used for monitoring and assessment of hemodynamic changes and the detection of previously unknown pathologies. In the past few years 3D-TEE has extended the spectrum of 2D-TEE by allowing pathomorphological features to be more easily and intuitively linked to the anatomy of the heart and the great vessels. Thus, a comprehensive 2D-TEE examination is favorably complemented by focused 3D-TEE. Especially during mitral valve surgery, 3D-TEE has proven its superiority in the diagnosis of the underlying pathology as demonstrated by a large number of studies in this field. This review presents the available data about the role of intraoperative 3D-TEE echocardiography and introduces practical fields of application.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076, Tübingen, Deutschland, harry.magunia@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Magunia
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rosenberger
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*