"This is an extraordinary series. The material is lucidly presented, with superb images and graphics. The detailed print articles and three ours of video on the mitral valve provide a comprehensive tutorial/review that is unparalleled in the field. "
-George W. Lighty, Jr., MD, PhD, FACC Editor, Video Journal of Echocardiography

The video series, Rafferty's Magnificent Seven, consists of seven tapes (over 5-1/2 hours) each accompanied by an article providing technical detail and test questions. The series is designed to appeal to both novices and advanced practitioners interested in intraoperative TEE and is intended to serve as either a tutorial or review.

Why videotape rather than CD ROM? Because of its extremely limited memory, a CD ROM can provide only a minute amount of video. The imaging sequences must be repeatedly looped in order to give the user the appearance of a lengthy presentation. By using videotape it was possible to devote 75% of the time on these videos to real-time TEE images.

About the Author: Terence Rafferty, MD, MA, FACA is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Director of Anesthesia at Yale University School of Medicine. He is the author of over 60 publications on TEE and a textbook, Basics of Transesophageal Echocardiography. He has lectured widely on intraoperative TEE, both in the U.S. and abroad, and has given TEE workshops at the annual meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and the Royal College of Anesthetists. Contents

• 1. Transverse plane imaging (43:30 min)
• 2. Vertical plane imaging (35:30 min)
• 3. Tee test (34:00 min)
• 4. Mitral valve; prolapse, flail (111:00 min)
• 5. Mitral valve repair; grading; SAM (65:00 min)
• 6. Total hip replacement; pulmonary and paradoxical embolism (28:00 min)
• 7. Critical care; RWMA, ASD, VSD, vegetation; LV pseudoancurysm, pleural effusion; intracardiac mass (26:00 min)
• 8. Oblique Plane Imaging (47:00 min)

2nd Edition, 1999