Key result
Dextrocardia requires tailored probe and multiplane angle modifications to achieve standard TEE views.
Why the study?
Transesophageal echocardiography views in patients with dextrocardia and situs inversus have not been discussed in the literature despite the mirror-image cardiac anatomy.
How do standard transesophageal echocardiography views change in patients with dextrocardia?
How do standard transesophageal echocardiography views change in patients with dextrocardia?
This paper provides guidance on the necessary TEE probe and angle manipulations required to image the mirror-image cardiac anatomy in patients with dextrocardia.
May aid TEE imaging in dextrocardia; extends sparse literature but remains hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.
Dextrocardia with situs inversus is a rare condition. Situs inversus with dextrocardia is also called as "situs inversus totalis". Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) views in dextrocardia patient are not discussed in the literature. The cardiac position and the cardiac chambers are mirror image of the normal anatomy. Because of this positional change, certain TEE probe and multiplane angle manipulations are required to obtain the recommended views.
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Raut et al. (2013) studied Dextrocardia with situs inversus. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was evaluated. Transesophageal echocardiography in patients with dextrocardia requires specific probe and multiplane angle manipulations to obtain recommended views due to the mirror-image cardiac anatomy.
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