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Transesophageal echocardiography serves as a valuable complement to transthoracic echocardiography by providing high-resolution visualization of cardiovascular structures with less attenuation.
This review highlights the clinical applications and advantages of transesophageal echocardiography for high-resolution visualization of cardiovascular structures.
Over the last three decades, the continuing development of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has represented a major advance in our ability to visualize cardiovascular structures with ultrasound. TEE serves as a valuable complement to transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) by allowing: images to be obtained with less attenuation from structures such as the lung, muscle, bone, and soft tissue; high resolution visualization of structures not well seen by TTE, such as left atrial appendage, descending thoracic aorta, and prosthetic heart valves; and assessment of hemodynamics and flow disorders in greater detail. This article provides a brief overview of current as well as emerging clinical applications of transesophageal echocardiography.
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Ward et al. (2003) reported a review. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) vs. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) was evaluated. Transesophageal echocardiography serves as a valuable complement to transthoracic echocardiography by providing high-resolution visualization of cardiovascular structures with less attenuation.
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