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Transesophageal Echocardiography

An Introduction for Ultrasonographers

Stanford University School of Medicine, Echocardiography Laboratory H-2329, Stanford, CA 94305.

Ulrich Nellessen, MD

Ingela Schnittger, MD

Richard Popp, MD

Stanford University School of Medicine, Echocardiography Laboratory, Stanford, California.

Transesophageal echocardiography is one of the new techniques available to ultrasound practitioners that uses intracavitary high-frequency phased array transducers. Transesophageal echocardiography provides diagnostic information in the patient that is difficult or impossible to image using standard transthoracic echocardiographic techniques. Presented here is an overview of transesophageal echocardiographic technique, a description of the anatomy demonstrated by using the technique, and the clinical indications for the transesophageal echocardiogram.

Key Words: transesophageal echocardiogram • phased array

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Vol. 5, No. 6, 316-321 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/875647938900500606


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