Indications for transesophageal echocardiography

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...

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Main Authors: Manuel Gerardo Amador Antuna, José Navarrete Pérez, Pedro Yunes Saab, Marcia Consuegra, Ruth Reyes Sánchez, Eduardo Álvarez Acevedo
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: ECIMED 2014-03-01
Series:Revista Cubana de Cardiología y Cirugía Cardiovascular
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Online Access:http://www.revcardiologia.sld.cu/index.php/revcardiologia/article/view/492