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Transesophageal echocardiography in congenital heart disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Oliver Stümper*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Rotterdam
John Hess
Affiliation:
Edinburgh and Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam
Michael J. Godman
Affiliation:
From the Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Rotterdam
George R. Sutherland
Affiliation:
From the Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Rotterdam
*
Dr. Oliver Stümper, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh EH9 1LF, United Kingdom. Tel. (031) 667-1991.

Extract

Transesophageal echocardiography has gained an established role in the evaluation and management of the adult patient with acquired cardiac disease. Unlike the transthoracic approach, the transesophageal approach provides excellent imaging of posterior cardiac structures in virtually all patients.

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Special Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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