title: Transoesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: Transoesophageal echocardiography is a major diagnostic imaging technique with a wide range of clinical indications. Its use in cardiovascular diagnosis overcomes all the limitations of conventional transthoracic cardiac ultrasound imaging and it is now the investigation of choice in some areas.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton General Hospital.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection