Transesophageal biplane echocardiographic imaging: technique, planes, and clinical usefulness

Echocardiography. 1990 Nov;7(6):771-88. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1990.tb00429.x.

Authors

N C Nanda¹, L Pinheiro, R S Sanyal, O Storey

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294.

PMID: 10149219
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1990.tb00429.x

Abstract

The technique of examination, imaging planes, and the clinical utility of transesophageal biplane echocardiography are described.

MeSH terms

Adult
Echocardiography* / instrumentation
Echocardiography* / methods
Esophagus
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Humans
Transducers