Preliminary evaluation of a microtransesophageal probe in neonates and young infants undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease

Preliminary evaluation of a microtransesophageal probe in neonates and young infants undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease

Background: The larger size of the currently available transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) probes limits their use to relatively older infants undergoing cardiac surgery. In very young neonates and infants, epicardial echocardiogram is used to assess postoperative residual defects. Recently, a m...

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Main Authors: Sreeja Pavithran, Kanagarajan Natarajan, Bijesh Vishwambaran, Avinash Dayalal Arke, Kothandam Sivakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Subjects:
Cardiac surgery
echocardiography
micro-transesophageal probe
young infant
Online Access:http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2014;volume=7;issue=3;spage=173;epage=179;aulast=Pavithran

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