A new clinical trial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that intracardiac echocardiography ...

TEE is a diagnostic technique that allows doctors to obtain detailed images of the heart. It involves inserting a tube (probe) down the throat to reach the esophagus (windpipe). Generally, TEE is a ...

The conventional treatment strategy for patients with atrial fibrillation who are to undergo electrical cardioversion is to prescribe warfarin for anticoagulation for three weeks before cardioversion.

What’s a Transesophageal Echocardiogram? A transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) is a type of ultrasound test. Your doctor puts a tube down your esophagus with an ultrasound device that takes a series ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during CABG was associated with lower odds of 30-day mortality, ...

Transesophageal echocardiography is a special type of echocardiogram, which uses sound waves and provides high quality pictures of the heart and the blood vessels. Increasing incidence of heart or ...

We quantified the embolic load to the lungs created with two different techniques of femoral nailing. Eleven patients with 12 traumatic femur fractures were randomized to reamed (7 fractures) and ...

Simulation-based teaching of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) improved cardiology fellows' knowledge, skills, and comfort with the procedure compared with traditional training, a new study shows ...

The primary training goal of the Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (ACTA) fellowship program is to prepare our graduates to be excellent clinicians, ready to enter and excel in any practice on ...

To the Editor: The findings of Klein et al. (May 10 issue) 1 compel reexamination of fast-track cardioversion with the use of transesophageal echocardiography. Is it safe? The mortality rate was 2.5 ...