Guidelines for performing a comprehensive transesophageal echocardiographic examination: Recommendations from the american society of echocardiography and the society of cardiovascular anesthesiologists

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 921-964

  Hahn, Rebecca T ^a   Abraham, Theodore ^b   Adams, Mark S ^c   Bruce, Charles J ^d   Glas, Kathryn E ^e   Lang, Roberto M ^f   Reeves, Scott T ^g   Shanewise, Jack S ^a   Siu, Samuel C ^h   Stewart, William ⁱ   Picard, Michael H ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehensive examination; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE; CETACAINE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; FLUMAZENIL; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDAZOLAM; NALOXONE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ALDRETE SCORE; ANATOMY; AORTA ROOT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPLICATION; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DESCENDING AORTA; DYSPHAGIA; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE MALPOSITION; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; LARYNX SPASM; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LIP INJURY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NERVE BLOCK; ODYNOPHAGIA; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHARYNX HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PULMONARY VEIN; SEDATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TOOTH INJURY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

2D; 3D; ACHD; ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTIC VALVE; APPROPRIATE USE CRITERIA; ASE; AUC; AV; COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION; LA; LAX; LEFT ATRIAL; LEFT VENTRICULAR; LONG-AXIS; LV; ME; MIDESOPHAGEAL; MITRAL VALVE; MV; PA; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PFO; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONIC VALVE; PV; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; RIGHT VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW TRACT; RV; RVOT; SAX; SCA; SHORT-AXIS; SOCIETY OF CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; TEE; TG; THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSGASTRIC; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE; TTE; TV; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; UE; UPPER ESOPHAGEAL;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883764873     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: 10976795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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