[Consensus on Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography of the Brazilian Society of Anesthesiology and the Department of Cardiovascular Image of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology]

Braz J Anesthesiol. 2018 Jan-Feb;68(1):1-32. doi: 10.1016/j.bjan.2017.07.004. Epub 2017 Sep 1.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Through the Life Cycle of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (ETTI/SBA) the Brazilian Society of Anesthesiology, together with the Department of Cardiovascular Image of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (DIC/SBC), created a task force to standardize the use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography by Brazilian anesthesiologists and echocardiographers based on scientific evidence from the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists/American Society of Echocardiography (SCA/ASE) and the Brazilian Society of Cardiology.

Keywords: Echocardiography; Ecocardiografia; Perioperative; Perioperatório; Transesofágico; Transesophageal.

Publication types

  • Consensus Development Conference
  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / adverse effects
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / standards*
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Care / standards*