Southwestern Internal Medicine Conference: clinical applications of transesophageal echocardiography.
Transesophageal echocardiography has emerged recently as a powerful cardiac imaging tool. The strengths and limitations of transesophageal echocardiography are reviewed. The clinical use of transesophageal echocardiography in aortic dissection, endocarditis, mitral valve disease, prosthetic heart valves, stroke, and miscellaneous other conditions is discussed.
Grayburn
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas.
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000075202:Contraindications; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*