Transesophageal echocardiographic imaging workshop: a basic transverse plane examination sequence

M Griffin; T Rafferty; A Rogers; R Prielipp

Transesophageal echocardiographic imaging workshop: a basic transverse plane examination sequence

Yale J Biol Med. 1998 Nov-Dec;71(6):521-35.

Authors

M Griffin¹, T Rafferty, A Rogers, R Prielipp

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8051, USA.

PMID: 10604784
PMCID: PMC2578948

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Congress

MeSH terms

Aorta / diagnostic imaging
Catheterization
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping
Papillary Muscles / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
Tricuspid Valve / diagnostic imaging