title: Biplane transesophageal echocardiography: imaging sections and anatomic segments.
abstract: In order to recognize correctly the images of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), in 410 subjects TEE was performed with uniplane or biplane transducer, and in 7 corpses the cardiac anatomic segments were observed, at various levels and in different directions, 9 transverse and 6 longitudinal views were compared with the corresponding cardiac anatomic segments. Based on this study, the authors reported the levels of segments, insertion depth, anatomic structure identification, image characteristics and clinical application of TEE, and the advantages of biplane TEE are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Echocardiographic Laboratory, Xiehe Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan.
authors.forename: X F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002648:Child; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis