Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE)
Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography of the atrial septal defects
... Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has assumed an important role in atrial septal defects (ASD) study [1], however, when only two-dimensional (2D) images are used for diagnosis, anatomical details can ...
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Left atrial pathological degeneration assessed by integrated backscatter transesophageal echocardiography as a predictor of progression to persistent atrial fibrillation: Results from a prospective study of three-years follow-up
... Background: It is recognized that one of the causes of atrial fibrillation (AF) is pathological degeneration of the left atrium (LA). However, prospective study that elucidated the relationship between the incidence of ...
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Therapeutic implications of transesophageal echocardiography after transthoracic echocardiography on acute stroke patients
... During the study period, 143 patients were sent to our labo- ratory for both TTE and TEE. In addition to 28 repeated examinations, a total of 31 patients were excluded for nonstroke diagnosis and for indications of ...
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A Comparative study on the Efficacy of Transesophageal Echocardiography Guidance Versus Anatomical Landmark Technique in the placement of Central Venous Catheter Tip in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Diseases
... when transesophageal echocardiography was used to determine catheter tip position compared to landmark technique although the time duration for cannulation was significantly increased in TEE ...
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A Study of Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical Transthoracic Echocardiography, Transesophageal Echocardiography Correlation
... Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) offers unique imaging resolution of the left atrium and its appendages and is an excellent tool for detecting embolic ...examination. Transesophageal ...
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Noninvasive Assessment of Cardiac Index with Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Replacement: A Comparison between Determinations at the Mitral Valve and the Ascending Aorta
... Quantification of cardiac index (CI), an elementary vari- able of cardiovascular function, is essential for adequate prognostic evaluation especially in cardiac surgery. Use of the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) to ...
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Transesophageal echocardiography in orthotopic liver transplantation: a comprehensive intraoperative monitoring tool
... The gold standard methods for monitoring cardiac out- put during liver transplantation surgery are pulmonary arterial catheterization and volumetric device monitor- ing (PiCCO/EV-1000); nonetheless experts agree that ...
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Evaluation of transesophageal echocardiography in detecting cardiac sources of emboli in ischemic stroke patients
... Background: Embolus is one of the causes of ischemic stroke that can be due to cardiac sources such as valvular heart diseases and atrial fibrillation and atheroma of the aorta. Transesophageal ...
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Aortic arch cannulation with the guidance of transesophageal echocardiography for Stanford type A aortic dissection
... complications such as injury of the artery or the brachial plexus which can lead to arm ischemia, insufficient CPB flow, atherosclerosis of the artery, and often requires side graft sewn to the vessel [1, 6]. Subclavian ...
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Modified transesophageal echocardiography of the dissected thoracic aorta; a novel diagnostic approach
... Background: Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a key diagnostic modality in patients with acute aortic dissection, yet its sensitivity is limited by a “ blind-spot ” caused by air in the ...
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Atherosclerosis of the descending aorta predicts cardiovascular events: a transesophageal echocardiography study
... was to evaluate whether the presence of atherosclerosis on the descending aorta observed by routine scanning during TEE has any prognostic impact in predicting cardiovascu- lar events such as cardiac death, myocardial ...
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Intraoperative real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography as a precise navigator for a successful complicated postoperative left ventricular pseudoaneurysm repair: a case report
... three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT 3-D TEE) during surgical repair of the LV-PAN facilitated understanding of the shape of the LV-PAN orifice and the exact anatomical relationship ...
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Esophageal perforation after perioperative transesophageal echocardiography: a case report
... Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a standard intraoperative monitoring tool for patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Although TEE is considered relatively safe, it may result in complications [1]. ...
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Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Detection of Potential Cardiac Source of Embolism in Young Stroke Patients
... transthoracic echocardiography & transesophageal echocardiography were done for all patients, on the same day by cardiologist who has adequate ...
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Original Article Transesophageal echocardiography guided patent ductus arteriosus occlusion in adults with severe pulmonary hypertension through a parasternal approach
... of transesophageal tec- hocardiography, a guide wire was deployed, passed through the ductus arteriosus and reaching the descending ...ansesophageal echocardiography measureme- nts, an appropriately-sized ...
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Transesophageal Echocardiography study in Ischemic Stroke
... This is to certify that this dissertation entitles “ TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY STUDY IN ISCHEMIC STROKE ” submitted by Dr. C. ARAVIND to The Tamilnadu Dr. M. G. R. Medical University, Chennai is in ...
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Utility of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
... the transesophageal echocardiography, which has proven to be of outmost utility in PTE ...which transesophageal echocardiography was the key factor in the intraoperative management, indicating ...
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Transesophageal echocardiography measurements of aortic annulus diameter using biplane mode in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation
... In patients undergoing TAVI with the Medtronic CoreValve System ™ , a 26 mm prosthesis is recommended for a 20 – 23 mm annulus and a 29 mm prosthesis in a 23 – 27 mm annulus [19]. TEE is recommended if the number of ...
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Diagnostic value of harmonic transthoracic echocardiography in native valve infective endocarditis: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography
... transthoracic echocardiography (hTTE) as compared to TEE in patients with a intermediate likelihood of native valve IE at a Canadian tertiary care university ...
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Hemodynamic assessment of critically ill patients using a miniaturized transesophageal echocardiography probe
... Bedside echocardiography is considered a promising tool for the management of critically ill patients [13], and has been demonstrated to be useful in establishing the diagnosis and provides hemodynamic monitoring ...
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