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The incidence of bacteremia related to transesophageal echocardiography was studied in 140 consecutive patients (71 women and 69 men with a mean age of 53.7 +/- 15 years). Thirty-four patients had one or more prosthetic heart valves. Blood cultures were obtained from each patient through separate venipuncture sites immediately before and after transesophageal echocardiography. An additional lat...

A 7-day–old neonate (weight, 2.7 kg; height, 48 cm) with hypoplastic left heart syndrome was referred to our institution for a Norwood stage I palliation procedure. In the small neonate, conventional transesophageal echocardiographic probe insertion and manipulation can induce hemodynamic instability or respiratory compromise. Therefore, the usual weight range for neonates and infants who can b...

BACKGROUND Mean platelet volume has been associated with stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. However, its role as a predictor of left atrial stasis, assessed by transesophageal echocardiography, in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation has not yet been clarified. METHODS Single center cross-sectional study comprising 427 patients admitted to the emergency department due to s...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated the accuracy of mitral inflow quantification using biplane transesophageal echocardiography. BACKGROUND Mitral stroke volume can be reliably quantified by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, but previous studies involving monoplane transesophageal echocardiography have yielded mixed results. METHODS Thirty patients without mitral regurgitation were pro...