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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
Feasibility of real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in type A aortic dissection
Thierry V Scohy1, Benedicte Geniets, Jackie McGhie
1Department of Anesthesiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Room Bd 581, s'Gravendijkwal 32, 3015CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands. t.scohy@erasmusmc.nl
Abstract:
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is the fastest method for diagnosing aortic dissection type A and allows 3D TEE, even in hemodynamically instable patients. 3D TEE may provide additional information on aortic morphology, the involvement of coronary arteries by the dissection and aortic valve function. In this regard 2D and 3D TEE might become the diagnostic method of choice in hemodynamically instable patients.
