8. TEE outside the cardiac OR - Drs. André Denault and Geneviève Riendeau Beaulac
Channel: TGH Advanced Perioperative Imaging Lab
Date: 2022-12-05

Objectives
1. Recognize the essential role of TEE in cardiac arrest
2. Assess key findings in unstable and hypoxic patients using TEE
3. Examine key findings in unstable patients using extra-cardiac TEE

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If you’d like to contribute to strengthen evidence of TEE use during cardiac arrest and hemodynamic instability, I suggest you look into the TEE resuscitative collaborative registry: https://www.med.upenn.edu/resuscitation/resuscitativeteecollaborative/

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