Introduction to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) with a historical perspective.
Since its introduction in the early 1980s, TEE has become an important standard clinical tool with greatly expanded applications. The technique continues to develop. We can expect the future to bring reliable imaging of myocardial perfusion and user-friendly three-dimensional applications.
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
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D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans