| Autor: |
Romero-Cárdenas A; Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México, D.F., Vargas-Barrón J, Rylaarsdam M, Molina J, Fernández J, Villegas M, Bandín MA, Delong R, Ochoa Real J |
| Jazyk: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| Zdroj: |
Archivos del Instituto de Cardiologia de Mexico [Arch Inst Cardiol Mex] 1991 Mar-Apr; Vol. 61 (2), pp. 105-11. |
| Abstrakt: |
Transesophageal echocardiography allows views of the posterior structures of the heart. This approach provides additional and complementary information to the transthoracic study, it is also an alternative in those patients with technical limitations for optimal precordial imaging. This study analysis the first 110 cases studied with transesophageal echocardiography in the National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez. They correspond to patients with valvular heart disease, prosthesis, acute and chronic ischemic heart disease, dissecting aortic aneurysm, cardiomyopathies, thrombus, tumors and masses. As well as paediatric and adult with complex congenital heart disease. The advantages of the transesophageal technique compared with the precordial approach are described. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
