[Role of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of cardiac disorders].
Transesophageal echocardiography provides a new window for ultrasound examination of the heart. The approach allows ultrasonic access to the heart in patients with transthoracic images of inadequate quality. Furthermore, transesophageal examination may provide information additional to that from the conventional transthoracic approach in the search for lesions including complications of endocarditis, mitral prosthesis dysfunction, aortic dissection, embolism of cardiac origin and selected cardiac malformations.
Lerch
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Centre de cardiologie, Hôpital cantonal universitaire, Genève.
Ricou
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Chappuis
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Lüthy
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Zimmermann
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D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000009:adverse effects; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
Apport de l'échocardiographie transoesophagienne dans le diagnostic des affections cardiaques.