This video illustrates the basics of transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography in the cardiac operating room. Competent surgical results in shunt lesions, valve repairs, surgery for heart failure, establishment of peripheral bypass are derivatives of good knowledge in assessing gross and finer details of the heart intro-operatively. Assessment of myocardial viability, contractility and patency of repair are few aspects that are covered under this subject. This video illustrates some of the basic must-knows for cardiothoracic surgeons from the perspective of a cardiac anaesthetist.

The speaker is Dr. Parimala Prasanna Simha, Professor of Cardiac Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru.

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This video is part of the lecture series of IACTS SCORE 2020 held at the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences Whitefield, Bengaluru between 7th and 8th March, 2020.

This video is part of the lecture series in Residents' Forum.