Constantinos H Papadopoulos, Nikolaos P E Kadoglou, Anastasios Theodosis-Georgilas, Konstantinos G Papadopoulos, Loukianos Rallidis, Savvas Loizos, Ilias Karabinos, Nearchos Kassinos, Vasilios Sahpekidis, Mihalis Chrysoheris, Vlasis Ninios, Alexandra Frogoudaki, George Makavos, Maria Drakopoulou, Kiriakos Yiangou, Stefanos Karagiannis, Nikolaos Zois, Alexandros Patrianakos, Ignatios Ikonomidis, Dimitrios Tsiapras, Nikolaos Kouris, Konstantina Aggeli, Konstantinos Pappas, Efstathia Prappa, Alexandros Stefanidis
Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) is a well-established imaging modality, providing more accurate and of higher quality information than transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) for a wide spectrum cardiac and extra-cardiac diseases. The present paper represents an effort by the Echocardiography Working Group (WG) of the Hellenic Cardiology Society to state the essential steps of the typical TOE exam performed in echo lab. This is an educational text, describing the minimal requirements and the preparation of a meticulous TOE examination...
May 9, 2024: Current Problems in Cardiology