title: Multiplane transesophageal echocardiography: a basic oblique plane patient imaging sequence.
abstract: We have previously reported a standardized 10-step sequence of monoplane (transverse plane) transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiographic views and a standardized 7-step vertical plane examination, both suitable for expeditious intraoperative use by the beginning practitioner. A multiplane transesophageal examination involves transverse plane views, vertical plane views and the remaining "in-between" oblique plane views. This report describes a sequence of specific oblique views to be used as a framework for the completion of a multiplane transesophageal examination. Each of these steps is illustrated with a two-dimensional echocardiographic image, a matching diagram and a schematic representation of the corresponding axis of interrogation. This description of oblique plane imaging, therefore, completes the components of a multiplane transesophageal examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8051, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rafferty
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging