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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The usefulness and safety of transesophageal echocardiography have been assessed in other studies but there is no report in which these factors have been evaluated in the acute phase of myocardial infarction. Patients and method. Transesophageal echocardiography was performed 56 times in 55 patients in the first week after a myocardial infarction. RESULTS The study...

Background. The ability of transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography to provide high-resolution images of both cardiac structure and blood flow in real time is advantageous for many clinical purposes. This study was performed to determine the utility of the regurgitant jet width at its origin measured by transesophageal Doppler color flow imaging in the assessment of severity of mitral reg...

A 54-year-old man presented with a progressive increase in dyspnea for the past 3 years and 1 episode of hemoptysis. On examination, heart rate was 90 beats per minute, and blood pressure was 84/50 mm Hg. On auscultation of heart, a mid-diastolic murmur of grade 3⁄4 was heard at the mitral area. On auscultation of the pulmonary area, a loud pulmonary component of a second heart sound and an eje...

Background: Preexisting cardiovascular disorder are established risk factors for ischemic cerebrovascular stroke and increases mortality in those patients. Aim to evaluate incidence of CVS in patients with with cardiovascular etiology using transesophageal echocardiography. Patients and Methods: All patients with cerebrovascular stroke at Ain Shams University Specialized Hospital with acute isc...

Background and Purpose: Spontaneous echo contrast is a dynamic smokelike signal that is detected by transesophageal echocardiography in patients with stasis of blood in the left atrium. We designed this study to determine if spontaneous echo contrast is associated with an increased risk of previous stroke or peripheral embolism. Methods: Forty-two patients with spontaneous echo contrast were id...

The complex anatomy of mitral valve demands precise and sophisticated imaging during any intervention .Transesophageal echocardiography has been the most frequently used modality. With the advent of three-dimensional echocardiography a more comprehensive description of the mitral valve is now possible. This review aims to discuss the framework for imaging the mitral valve by three-dimensional e...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Isolated persistent left superior vena cava has an incidence of 0.5% in the normal population, but in patients with congenital cardiopathy its incidence ranges from 3% to 10%. The objective of this report was to present a case of intraoperative diagnosis with transesophageal echocardiography and to emphasize the importance of its routine use in surgical procedures for ...

1999;88:1205–12. 7. Troianos CA, Konstadt S. Evaluation of mitral regurgitation. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2006;10:67–71. 8. Cook RC, Nifong LW, Lashley GG, Duncan RA, Campbell JA, Law YB et al. Echocardiographic measurements alone do not provide accurate non-invasive selection of annuloplasty band size for robotic mitral valve repair. J Heart Valve Dis 2006;15:524–7. 9. Ender J, Koncar-Ze...

Introduction and Overview When expertly utilized, perioperative echocardiography can lead to improved outcome in patients requiring cardiovascular surgery and in those suffering perioperative cardiovascular instability. However, prior publications have not specified the requisite training for perioperative echocardiography. Therefore, the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and the Socie...