Transesophageal Echocardiography in Clinical Practice

Transesophageal echocardiography is a technique developed to enable rear access to the heart via the esophageal wall. This allows continuous monitoring of the heart during certain operative procedures, providing high resolution images and also enables early detection and assessment of cardiac abnormalities. Comprehensive and illustrated, this book sets out to demonstrate the processes which are involved and images obtained. It outlines the relevant procedures, applications and interpretations.