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

• Published in: Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier) 2018-01, Vol.68 (1), p.1-32
• Main Authors: Salgado-Filho, Marcello Fonseca, Morhy, Samira Saady, Vasconcelos, Henrique Doria de, Lineburger, Eric Benedet, Papa, Fabio de Vasconcelos, Botelho, Eduardo Souza Leal, Fernandes, Marcelo Ramalho, Daher, Maurício, Bihan, David Le, Gatto, Chiara Scaglioni Tessmer, Fischer, Cláudio Henrique, Silva, Alexander Alves da, Galhardo Júnior, Carlos, Neves, Carolina Baeta, Fernandes, Alexandre, Vieira, Marcelo Luiz Campos
• Format: Article
• Language: eng ; por
• Subjects: Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Echocardiography, Transesophageal - adverse effects; Echocardiography, Transesophageal - methods; Echocardiography, Transesophageal - standards; Heart - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Intraoperative Care - standards
• ISSN: 1806-907X; 2352-2291
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bjan.2017.07.004

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), createded 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.