A new angled transducer for intraoperative epicardial echocardiography.
We tested a new angled transducer developed for intraoperative epicardial echocardiography in 42 patients.  This small transducer, 70 x 20 x 15 mm in size, demonstrated superior operability and provided adequate two- or four-chamber imaging from the apical approach, which may lead to high-quality assessment with two-dimensional Doppler flow imaging.
First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
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Matsuwaka
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Matsuda
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Nakano
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Hirata
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Nishimura
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Mitsuno
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Kawashima
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008875:Middle Aged; D014159:Transducers