Echo Use In Heart And Lung Transplant Procedures

The purpose of this course is to assist the reader in the use of transesophageal echocardiography to manage patients undergoing heart or lung transplantation. In both procedures, right ventricular failure can be problematic.

In this course, you will learn:

• TEE scan for donor and recipient
• Bicaval anastomotic approach to heart transplantation
• The immediate post-transplant period and common problems
• Lung transplantation