Indications for transesophageal echocardiography

• Main Authors: Manuel Gerardo Amador Antuna (Author), José Navarrete Pérez (Author), Pedro Yunes Saab (Author), Marcia Consuegra (Author), Ruth Reyes Sánchez (Author), Eduardo Álvarez Acevedo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: ECIMED, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Transesophageal echocardiography provide a second window for the exploration of the heart, eliminating the limitations of transthoracic echocardiography. Its main indications are: aortic dissection and other aortic diseases, endocarditis, cardiac mass, stenosis and valve failure; valvular prosthesis...