Atlas of Transesophageal Color Doppler Echocardiography and Intraoperative Imaging

This Atlas of transesophageal echocardiography represents four years' clinical expe­ rience with peri operative color Doppler echocardiography performed at the Depart­ ment of Heart Surgery of the University of Heidelberg. Four years ago we started a training program in echocardiography with the purpose of utilizing the information derived from transesophageal and epicardial echocardiography for intraoperative diagnosis and surgical decisions. The great impact of echocardiographic information on