1. Principles of ultrasound / Alain Gauvin, Guy Cloutier, and Michel Germain -- 2. Basic principles of doppler ultrasound / Pierre-Guy Chassot and Claude Tousignant -- 3. Transducers / Francois Haddad, Warner Mampuya, Craig Guenther, Bradley I. Munt, and John Bowering -- 4. Normal anatomy and flow / George N. Honos, Nicolas Durrleman, Andre Y. Denault, and Jean Buithieu -- 5. Quantitative echocardiography / Jean Buithieu, Annette Vegas, and Andre Y. Denault -- 6. Goal-oriented transthoracic and epicardial echocardiography / Yanick Beaulieu, Richard Bowry, and Robert Chen -- 7. Imaging artifacts and pitfalls / Robert Amyot, Real Lebeau, and Stephane Lambert -- 8. Equipment, complications, infection control, and safety / Genevieve Cote and Andre Y. Denault -- 9. Segmental ventricular function and ischemia / Anique Ducharme, Ariel Diaz, Jean-Claude Tardif, Adriaan Van Rensburg, and Terrence Yau -- 10. Global ventricular function and hemodynamics / Andre Y. Denault, Pierre Couture, Jean Buithieu, and Annette Vegas -- 11. Cardiomyopathy / Miguel A. Barrero Garcia, Anthony Ralph-Edwards, George Djaiani, Philippe L.-L'Allier, and Anique Ducharme -- 12. Pericardium / Yan-Fen Shi, Andre Y. Denault, Yoan Lamarche, Jean-Claude Tardif, and Massimiliano Meineri -- 13. Echocardiography during cardiac surgery / Pierre Couture, Andre Y. Denault, and Raymond Cartier -- 14. Native aortic valve / Francois A. Beique and Christine Watremez -- 15. Perioperative evaluation of aortic valve surgery / Jean G. Dumesnil, Philippe Pibarot, Patrick Mathieu, and Michel Van Dyck -- 16. Mitral valve / Andre Saint-Pierre, Jean Buithieu, Stephane Coutu, and A. Stephane Lambert -- 17. Mitral valve replacement and repair / Arsene-J. Basmadjian, Christian Ayoub, and Michel Pellerin -- 18. Pulmonic and tricuspid valves / Francois Marcotte, Denis Bouchard, and Mark Hynes -- 19. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation / Yoan Lamarche, Arsene-J. Basmadjian, Anson Cheung, Massimiliano Meineri, and Jean Buithieu -- 20. Transesophageal echocardiography for minimally invasive cardiac surgery / Jean-Sebastien Lebon, Jose Coddens, and Hugo Vanermen / 21. TEE in mechanical circulatory assistance / Yanick Beaulieu, Denis Bouchard, and Annette Vegas -- 22. Heart transplantation / Pierre Couture, Michel Carrier, and Francois Haddad -- 23. Aorta / Ivan Iglesias, Daniel Bainbridge, John M. Murkin, and Mackenzie Quantz -- 24. Endograft placement in aortic disease / Alain Deschamps, Eric Therasse, Oren Steinmetz, and George Nicolaou -- 25. Intracavitary contents / Maria Di Lorenzo, Robert Amyot, Real Lebeau, Claude Sauve, Marjan Jariani, and R.J. Cusimano -- 26. Congenital heart disease / Jean-Marc Cote, Jane Heggie, and Annette Vegas -- 27. TEE in lung transplantation and thoracic surgery / Jean Bussieres, Pasquale Ferraro, and Peter Slinger -- 28. Liver transplantation / Michel-Antoine Perrault, Franck Vandenbroucke-Menu, Francois Plante, and Luc Massicotte -- 29. TEE in the hemodynamic and electrophysiology suite / Antoine G. Rochon, Reda Ibrahim, Annie Dore, Andre Saint-Pierre, Jean Champagne, Viviane Nguyen, and Jean Buithieu -- 30. TEE in the intensive care unit and in noncardiac surgery / Martin Girard, Ashraf Fayad, and Antoine Vieillard-Baron -- 31. Indications and training guidelines for perioperative transesophageal echocardiography / Andre Martineau, Marie Arsenault, Francois Beique, and Annie Cote.