Indications for transesophageal echocardiography

Authors

  • Manuel Gerardo Amador Antuna
  • José Navarrete Pérez
  • Pedro Yunes Saab
  • Marcia Consuegra
  • Ruth Reyes Sánchez
  • Eduardo Álvarez Acevedo

Keywords:

TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY/methods, TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY/trends.

Abstract

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, congenital cardiopathies, evaluation of the critically ill patient, intraoperative and intervention echocardiography. Transesophageal echocardiography constitutes an excellent complement to transthoracic echocardiography and with the technological development it is possible to expand these indications in the future.

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Author Biography

Manuel Gerardo Amador Antuna

Especialista de I Grado en Cardiología.

Published

2014-03-26

How to Cite

1.
Amador Antuna MG, Navarrete Pérez J, Yunes Saab P, Consuegra M, Reyes Sánchez R, Álvarez Acevedo E. Indications for transesophageal echocardiography. Rev. cuba. cardiol. cir. cardiovasc. [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 26 [cited 2025 Mar. 10];11(2). Available from: https://revcardiologia.sld.cu/index.php/revcardiologia/article/view/492

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Section

Review Article