title: Con: transesophageal echocardiography should not be used routinely for pediatric open cardiac surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: McGowan
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Laussen
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D012086:Reoperation