Transesophageal echocardiographic imaging workshop: a basic transverse plane examination sequence.
This workshop describes a 10-step sequence of transverse plane two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic views of the heart and great vessels that constitutes a basic standardized examination capable of being performed by a beginning practitioner.
Griffin
M
M
Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8051, USA.
Rafferty
T
T
Rogers
A
A
Prielipp
R
R
D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002404:Catheterization; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D010210:Papillary Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging