[Doppler color transesophageal echocardiography. Report of the first 110 studies carried out at the Ignacio Chávez National Institute of Cardiology].
Transesophageal echocardiography allows views of the posterior structures of the heart. This approach provides additional and complementary information to the transthoracic study, it is also an alternative in those patients with technical limitations for optimal precordial imaging. This study analysis the first 110 cases studied with transesophageal echocardiography in the National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez. They correspond to patients with valvular heart disease, prosthesis, acute and chronic ischemic heart disease, dissecting aortic aneurysm, cardiomyopathies, thrombus, tumors and masses. As well as paediatric and adult with complex congenital heart disease. The advantages of the transesophageal technique compared with the precordial approach are described.
Romero-Cárdenas
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Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México, D.F.
Vargas-Barrón
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Rylaarsdam
M
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Molina
J
J
Fernández
J
J
Villegas
M
M
Bandín
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Delong
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R
Ochoa Real
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D004947:Esophagus; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged
Ecocardiografía transesofágica con Doppler color. Informe de los primeros 110 estudios efectuados en el Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez.