Description
Perrino and Reeves’ Practical Approach to Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) is a clinician-focused, highly illustrated guide designed to build real-world perioperative/critical-care TEE skills—covering the core science + bedside applications for monitoring and diagnosis. It’s written to be concise and fast to apply in clinical settings, with strong visual learning support.
Edition / basics (most commonly listed): 4th Edition (2019), ~592 pages, authors Albert C. Perrino & Scott T. Reeves (LWW / Wolters Kluwer).
✨ Key Features
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🫀 Skill-building TEE roadmap: designed as a practical “go-to” reference for improving acquisition and interpretation skills.
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🧠 Concise, clinical delivery: emphasizes quick digestion and immediate application at the bedside/OR.
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🖼️ Heavy visual learning: numerous figures throughout chapters to reinforce views, anatomy, and interpretation.
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✅ Chapter self-assessments: short quizzes at the end of chapters to test understanding right away.
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🆕 Updated areas highlighted in listings: includes added/expanded content on interventional cardiology, transthoracic echocardiography, and the mitral valve.
💡 Key Benefits
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🚑 Faster decision-making in hemodynamic instability and perioperative events by strengthening pattern recognition and structured interpretation.
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🧩 Better retention through visuals + immediate self-testing (good for both clinical use and exam prep).
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🔁 Practical “refresh” reference: easy to revisit when you need a quick reminder before cases or during rotations.
🎯 Ideal For
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🩺 Cardiac anesthesia clinicians and trainees using perioperative TEE
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🏥 ICU / critical care clinicians who rely on echo for monitoring and diagnosis
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📚 Residents & fellows preparing for TEE competency milestones and structured learning
(Broad “all levels of TEE usage and testing” is explicitly noted in listings.)
⭐ Recommendation
If you want a practical, visual, skill-building TEE guide that stays clinically actionable (and often comes with video clips in the multimedia eBook bundle), this is a strong pick—especially for perioperative/critical-care workflows.
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