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- Transesophageal Echocardiography - American Heart Association
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a test that produces pictures of your heart TEE uses high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) to make detailed pictures of your heart and the arteries that lead to and from it
- Cardioversion - American Heart Association
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is often used to check for the presence of blood clots before this procedure Complications are uncommon but may include: Allergic reactions to the medications; Irritation of the skin on your chest or back where the electrodes were applied during electrical cardioversion
- Cryptogenic Stroke - American Heart Association
• TTE vs TEE • TEE considered more sensitive specific • 5% chance of finding pathologies that change management • TTE with appropriate maneuvers very sensitive for PFO • TTE better for LV thrombus • TEE preferred if valvular disease suspected • TEE better at imaging left atrium appendage
- Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) - American Heart Association
A hole in your heart would seem to be the very definition of a "problem " Yet more than a quarter of the population has one type of hole in the heart, called a patent foramen ovale (PFO), and for most people it causes no adverse health effects
- Considerations of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography . . .
Although intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is increasingly important in cardiac surgery for monitoring, decision-making, and improving clinical outcomes, current society guidelines have not been updated with the latest evidence on its benefits
- Infective Endocarditis - American Heart Association
Infective endocarditis (IE), or bacterial endocarditis, is an infection caused by bacteria that enter the bloodstream and settle in the heart lining, a heart valve or a blood vessel IE is uncommon, but people with some heart conditions have a greater risk of developing it
- Electrophysiology Studies - American Heart Association
Electrophysiology studies (EP studies) are tests that help health care professionals understand the cause of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) Electrophysiologic testing uses catheters inserted into the heart to find out where abnormal heartbeats are coming from
- Hub - 2020 ACC AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With . . .
2020 ACC AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines
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