title: Guidelines for performing a comprehensive transesophageal echocardiographic examination: recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: Kathryn E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Glas
authors.forename: Roberto M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Scott T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: Jack S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Shanewise
authors.forename: Samuel C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Siu
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Picard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019985:Benchmarking; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States
keywords: 2D; 3D; ACHD; ASE; AUC; AV; Adult congenital heart disease; American Society of Echocardiography; Aortic valve; Appropriate use criteria; Comprehensive examination; LA; LAX; LV; Left atrial; Left ventricular; Long-axis; ME; MV; Midesophageal; Mitral valve; PA; PFO; PV; Patent foramen ovale; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonic valve; RV; RVOT; Right ventricular; Right ventricular outflow tract; SAX; SCA; Short-axis; Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists; TEE; TG; TTE; TV; Three-dimensional; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transgastric; Transthoracic echocardiography; Tricuspid valve; Two-dimensional; UE; Upper esophageal