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[Ambulatory transesophageal echocardiography: 2 years of experience]. / Ecocardiografía transesofágica ambulatoria: dos años de experiencia.
Carreras, F; Borrás, X; Gumá, J; Pons Lladó, G.
Afiliação
  • Carreras F; Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona.
Rev Esp Cardiol ; 44(7): 441-8, 1991.
Article em Es | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1759025
ABSTRACT
In this report we study the value of ambulatory transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the clinical setting after a 2-year experience at our department. Since December 1988 until February 1991, 470 TEE examinations were indicated in 430 patients. Excluded were 8 cases, two out of them due to a formal contraindication and six who did not tolerate the procedure. The clinical indications for the examination, in the 462 studies performed, were as follows possible cardiac source of emboli in 165 (35%); native mitral valve disease in 91 (20%); prosthetic valve dysfunction in 54 (12%); diseases of the aorta in 44 (10%); suspected infective endocarditis in 41 (9%); study of left ventricular function in 26 (6%); congenital heart disease in 18 (4%); tumor or intracardiac mass in 11 (2%); miscellaneous in 12 (2%). Based on this experience, we can conclude that TEE is a clinically useful technique for 1) the study of mitral regurgitation, either native or prosthetic; 2) the detection of vegetations and abscesses in infective endocarditis; 3) the evaluation of a possible cardiac source of emboli; 4) the examination of the aorta in cases of suspected dissection; 5) the completion of the anatomic study in some congenital heart diseases, particularly after a surgical correction; 6) the study of patients with a technically inadequate transthoracic approach.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ecocardiografia Doppler Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Evaluation_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: Es Revista: Rev Esp Cardiol Ano de publicação: 1991 Tipo de documento: Article
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ecocardiografia Doppler Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Evaluation_studies Limite: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: Es Revista: Rev Esp Cardiol Ano de publicação: 1991 Tipo de documento: Article