TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES A1 - Orsinelli, David A. A2 - Orsinelli, David A. Y1 - 2016 N1 - T2 - Color Atlas and Synopsis of Echocardiography AB - As we have explored in this atlas, echocardiography has assumed a primary role in the evaluation and management of patients with known or suspected cardiac disease.1,2 Up until now, we have emphasized its role principally as a diagnostic test. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has become an integral tool in the operating room for assessing and monitoring patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Its role in that setting is beyond the scope of this atlas. As new technologies and therapies have evolved, however, echocardiography is playing an increasingly important role in interventional procedures.3,4 Echocardiography has demonstrated utility in a variety of such procedures, including SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1132343635 ER -