Echocardiography, Transesophageal

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Practical Approach to an Intraoperative Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography Examination. 
  • A bolus dose of 1.5 mg/kg amrinone effectively improves low cardiac output state following separation from cardiopulmonary bypass in cardiac surgical patients. 
  • A comparative evaluation of transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography for measurement of left ventricular systolic strain using speckle tracking. 
  • A coronary artery fistula successfully closed with the precise guidance of three-dimensional echocardiography. 
  • A new device for easier handling of the transoesophageal echocardiography probe. 
  • ACC/AATS/AHA/ASE/ASNC/HRS/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/STS 2017 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging in Valvular Heart Disease : A Report of the American College of Cardiology Appropriate Use Criteria Task Force, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Heart Rhythm Society, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • ACCF/ASE/ACEP/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR 2007 appropriateness criteria for transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Quality Strategic Directions Committee Appropriateness Criteria Working Group, American Society of Echocardiography, American College of Emergency Physicians, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance endorsed by the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. 
  • ASE/SCA guidelines for performing a comprehensive intraoperative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography examination: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Council for Intraoperative Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force for Certification in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • ASE/SCA guidelines for performing a comprehensive intraoperative multiplane transesophageal echocardiography examination: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Council for Intraoperative Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Task Force for Certification in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Accuracy of transesophageal echocardiography for identifying left atrial thrombi. A prospective, intraoperative study. 
  • Adherence to physician training guidelines for pediatric transesophageal echocardiography affects the outcome of patients undergoing repair of congenital cardiac defects. 
  • Advances in Imaging for the Management of Acute Aortic Syndromes: Focus on Transesophageal Echocardiography and Type-A Aortic Dissection for the Perioperative Echocardiographer. 
  • Advances in the management of cardioembolic stroke associated with patent foramen ovale. 
  • American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical competence statement on echocardiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians--American Society of Internal Medicine Task Force on Clinical Competence. 
  • Amplatzer Device Embolization to the Aortic Arch Discovered Two Years After Implantation 
  • An Approach to Improve the Negative Predictive Value and Clinical Utility of Transthoracic Echocardiography in Suspected Native Valve Infective Endocarditis. 
  • An assessment of two different methods of left ventricular ejection time measurement by transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • An elderly woman with shortness of breath. 
  • An evaluation of prosthetic aortic valves using transesophageal echocardiography: the double-envelope technique. 
  • An interesting finding during transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of the mitral valve. 
  • An introduction to transoesophageal echocardiography: II. Clinical applications. 
  • An unexpected echocardiographic image in a patient with dyspnea. 
  • An unexpected flow abnormality. 
  • An unexpected intraoperative finding. 
  • An unexpected left ventricular outpouching detected during transesophageal echocardiography in a patient scheduled for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • An unusual cause of massive gastrointestinal bleeding after transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Anesthesia for Lung Transplantation. 
  • Aortic arch atheroma progression and recurrent vascular events in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack. 
  • Aortic atheroma burden and cognitive dysfunction after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Aortic dissection after angioplasty and stenting of an aortic coarctation: detection by intravascular ultrasonography but not transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Aortic subannular left ventricular aneurysm: a rare and surgically correctable cause of angina. 
  • Aortic valve repair with a newly approved geometric annuloplasty ring in patients undergoing proximal aortic repair: early results from a single-centre experience. 
  • Appropriate use criteria: past, present, future. 
  • Assessing flow during minimally invasive coronary artery bypass: an Allen's test equivalent. 
  • Assessment of Coronary Blood Flow by Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Assessment of Paravalvular Leak After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Transesophageal Echocardiography Compared With Transthoracic Echocardiography. 
  • Asymmetric versus symmetric tethering patterns in ischemic mitral regurgitation: geometric differences from three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Atheromatous disease of the aorta and perioperative stroke. 
  • Atrial septostomy as a bridge to lung transplantation in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension. 
  • Bacterial endocarditis in hemodialysis patients. 
  • Basic perioperative transesophageal echocardiography examination: a consensus statement of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. 
  • Bicuspid noncalcific aortic stenosis: diagnostic limitations of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Bleeding Complications from Transesophageal Echocardiography for Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review. 
  • Cardiac conduction abnormalities in endocarditis defined by the Duke criteria. 
  • Cardiac output measured with both esophageal Doppler device and Vigileo-FloTrac device. 
  • Cardioversion of nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation. Reduced thromboembolic complications with 4 weeks of precardioversion anticoagulation are related to atrial thrombus resolution. 
  • Case 2--1997. On-line contrast echocardiographic assessment of myocardial perfusion: its role in minimally invasive coronary artery bypass procedures. 
  • Case 6-2011: Aortic valve replacement in a patient with aortic stenosis, dilated cardiomyopathy, and renal dysfunction. 
  • Case report: optimizing intraoperative detection of pulmonary embolism using contrast-enhanced echocardiography. 
  • Cases from the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins University. Left atrial myxoma. 
  • Cerebral embolization during cardiac surgery: impact of aortic atheroma burden. 
  • Cerebral embolization during transmyocardial laser revascularization. 
  • Cerebrovascular disease risk factors: neuroradiologic findings in patients with activated protein C resistance. 
  • Certification in perioperative TEE. 
  • Changes in Tricuspid Annular Geometry in Patients with Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation. 
  • Changes in systolic and diastolic function during multivessel off-pump coronary bypass grafting. 
  • Clinical characteristics and outcome of aortic endocarditis with periannular abscess in the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database. 
  • Clinical information determines the impact of transesophageal echocardiography on the diagnosis of infective endocarditis by the duke criteria. 
  • Clinical management of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a review. 
  • Clinical problem-solving. A hole in the argument. 
  • Clinical problem-solving. Taken out of context. 
  • Combined TMR and mitral valve replacement via left thoracotomy. 
  • Comparison of aortic annulus size by transesophageal echocardiography and computed tomography angiography with direct surgical measurement. 
  • Comparison of need for operative therapy in patients with mitral valve prolapse involving both leaflets versus posterior leaflet only. 
  • Comparison of thickness and distensibility in the carotid artery and descending thoracic aorta: in vivo ultrasound assessment. 
  • Complete reversal of ischemic wall motion abnormalities by combined use of gene therapy with transmyocardial laser revascularization. 
  • Coronary arteriovenous fistulae: the complexity of coronary artery-to-coronary sinus connections. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of transesophageal echocardiography to determine the duration of therapy for intravascular catheter-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. 
  • Development and analysis of a new certifying examination in perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Diagnosing endocarditis in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia--reply. 
  • Diagnosing pulmonic valve infective endocarditis with positron emission tomography-CT. 
  • Diagnostic evaluation for patients with ischemic stroke: are there sex differences? 
  • Direct en face imaging of secundum atrial septal defects by velocity-encoded cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients evaluated for possible transcatheter closure. 
  • Discordance in Grading Methods of Aortic Stenosis by Pre-Cardiopulmonary Bypass Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Dynamic indices of mitral valve function using perioperative three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Dynamic mitral regurgitation without regional wall motion abnormality. 
  • Dyssynchrony: a different kind of mitral regurgitation. 
  • Early cardioversion of atrial fibrillation facilitated by transesophageal echocardiography: short-term safety and impact on maintenance of sinus rhythm at 1 year. 
  • Echo rounds: Intraoperative delineation of mitral annuloplasty dehiscence using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Echocardiographic Findings Predict In-Hospital and 1-Year Mortality in Left-Sided Native Valve Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis: Analysis From the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Echo Cohort Study. 
  • Echocardiographic Imaging for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Echocardiographic agreement in the diagnostic evaluation for infective endocarditis. 
  • Echocardiographic characteristics of successful deployment of the Das AngelWings atrial septal defect closure device: initial multicenter experience in the United States. 
  • Echocardiographic imaging of procedural complications during balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve replacement. 
  • Echocardiography allows safer venous cannulation during excision of large right atrial masses. 
  • Echocardiography for the detection of cardiac sources of embolism in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack. 
  • Echocardiography in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. 
  • Editorial commentary: NOVA score to predict endocarditis in patients with enterococcal bacteremia: sticking to valves or to scores? 
  • Effect of Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension. 
  • Efficacy and safety of apixaban in patients after cardioversion for atrial fibrillation: insights from the ARISTOTLE Trial (Apixaban for Reduction in Stroke and Other Thromboembolic Events in Atrial Fibrillation). 
  • Embolization of patent foramen ovale closure devices: incidence, role of imaging in identification, potential causes, and management. 
  • Endocarditis. 
  • Endovascular approaches to complex thoracic aortic disease. 
  • Endovascular transcatheter aortic valve implantation: an evolving standard. 
  • Evaluation of left atrial appendage anatomy and function in recent-onset atrial fibrillation by transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • False-positive diagnosis of aortic dissection associated with femoral cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • Five-year clinical and echocardiographic evaluation of the Das AngelWings atrial septal occluder. 
  • Flow reversal in the descending aorta: a guide to intraoperative assessment of aortic regurgitation with transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation in Mitral Valve Disease. 
  • Grading Aortic Stenosis With Mean Gradient and Aortic Valve Area: A Comparison Between Preoperative Transthoracic and Precardiopulmonary Bypass Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Guidelines for the Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography to Assist with Surgical Decision-Making in the Operating Room: A Surgery-Based Approach: From the American Society of Echocardiography in Collaboration with the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. 
  • Gunshot-Induced Aorto-Left Atrial Fistula Diagnosed by Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • High-Velocity Jet in the Right Atrium: What Is the Diagnosis? 
  • Hybrid cutting balloon dilatation for treatment of cor triatriatum sinister in a cat. 
  • Identification of Severe Mitral Stenosis Using Real-Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography During an Left Ventricular Assist Device Insertion. 
  • Identification of coronary sinus injury by transesophageal echocardiography during placement of a retrograde cardioplegia catheter for minimally invasive cardiac surgery. 
  • Imaging features of nonmyxomatous primary neoplasms of the heart and pericardium. 
  • Imaging for Predicting and Assessing Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Impact of mitral valve regurgitation evaluated by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography on long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Impact of valvular calcification on the diagnostic accuracy of transesophageal echocardiography for the detection of congenital aortic valve malformation. 
  • In reply. 
  • In vitro resistance to thrombin-induced platelet microbicidal protein in isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from endocarditis patients correlates with an intravascular device source. 
  • Incidence and Predictors of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus in Patients Treated With Nonvitamin K Oral Anticoagulants Versus Warfarin Before Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. 
  • Incidence and outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in hemodialysis patients. 
  • Incidence of asymptomatic patent foramen ovale according to age. 
  • Incidental cor triatriatum sinister during coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Infective endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus: 59 prospectively identified cases with follow-up. 
  • Influence of jet direction on pulmonary vein flow patterns in severe mitral regurgitation. 
  • Influence of transducer frequency and imaging modality on the intraoperative assessment of myocardial perfusion with transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Interesting right ventricular transesophageal echocardiography findings. 
  • Intracardiac thrombus formation during orthotopic liver transplantation: a new entity or an old enemy? 
  • Intraoperative Evaluation of Mitral Stenosis by Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Intraoperative Evaluation of Paravalvular Regurgitation by Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Intraoperative Monitoring of Pulmonary Artery Physiology With Transesophageal Echocardiography in a Patient With an Extensive Pulmonary Aneurysm Undergoing Partial Nephrectomy. 
  • Intraoperative Renal Resistive Index as an Acute Kidney Injury Biomarker: Development and Validation of an Automated Analysis Algorithm. 
  • Intraoperative diagnosis and management of patent foramen ovale. 
  • Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography diagnosis of residual tumor fragment after surgical removal of renal cell carcinoma. 
  • Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in congenital heart disease. 
  • Intraoperative usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography: detection of unsuspected rupture of an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva. 
  • Intraoperative, Real-Time Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography for the Transcatheter Placement of an Edwards SAPIEN Aortic Valve in the Mitral Position for Severe Mitral Stenosis. 
  • Invited commentary. 
  • Is the valve OK or not? Immediate evaluation of a replaced aortic valve. 
  • It's the colloid, not the esophageal Doppler monitor. 
  • Left Atrial Appendage Morphology Improves Prediction of Stagnant Flow and Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation. 
  • Left atrial appendage anatomy and function: short term response to sustained atrial fibrillation. 
  • Left atrial appendage characteristics and the risk of stroke: Sorting out the contenders from the pretenders. 
  • Left atrial appendage to great cardiac vein fistula complicating watchman left atrial appendage closure. 
  • Left ventricular endocardial irregularity: evaluation using epicardial echocardiography. 
  • Libman-Sacks endocarditis in pediatric patient with systemic lupus erythematosus. 
  • Malpositioned left ventricular assist device cannula: diagnosis and management with transesophageal echocardiography guidance. 
  • Mechanisms of functional mitral regurgitation in ischemic cardiomyopathy determined by transesophageal echocardiography (from the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure Trial). 
  • Methemoglobinemia in critically ill burned patients. 
  • Mitral Intervention with LVAD: Preparing for Recovery. 
  • Mitral Regurgitation After Orthotopic Lung Transplantation: Natural History and Impact on Outcomes. 
  • Mitral valve prolapse and systolic anterior motion illustrated by real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Morphology of the patent foramen ovale in asymptomatic versus symptomatic (stroke or transient ischemic attack) patients. 
  • Multimodal Evaluation of Aortic Regurgitation After Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repairs. 
  • Multimodal detection of perioperative myocardial ischemia. 
  • Multinational institutional survey on patterns of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography use in adult cardiac surgery. 
  • Multiplane transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of left atrial appendage anatomy and function. 
  • Neurological injury during cardiopulmonary bypass in the rat. 
  • Novel transatrial septoplasty technique for neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and an intact or highly restrictive atrial septum. 
  • One-Year Outcomes After MitraClip for Functional Mitral Regurgitation. 
  • Ordinary images--extraordinary stories: echo challenges and clinical decisions. 
  • Outcomes after nonemergent electrical cardioversion for atrial arrhythmias. 
  • PRO editorial: PRO: three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography is a major advance for intraoperative clinical management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. 
  • Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve. 
  • Paradoxical embolus following percutaneous thrombectomy of hemodialysis reliable outflow graft. 
  • Paravalvular aortic leak after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: current knowledge. 
  • Partial Anomalous Hepatic Venous Return: A Systematic Intraoperative Exclusion of Other Serious Diagnoses. 
  • Patent foramen ovale and intracardiac thrombus identified by transesophageal echocardiography during liver transplantation. 
  • Patterns of Use in Transesophageal Echocardiography for Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review. 
  • Percutaneous closure of aortic prosthetic paravalvular regurgitation with two amplatzer septal occluders. 
  • Percutaneous interventions in high-risk patients following Mustard repair of transposition of the great arteries. 
  • Percutaneous mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation in high-risk patients: results of the EVEREST II study. 
  • Percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve closure successfully treats left ventricular assist device-associated aortic insufficiency and improves cardiac hemodynamics. 
  • Perioperative Diastolic Dysfunction: A Comprehensive Approach to Assessment by Transesophageal Echocardiography. 
  • Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography: the anesthesiologist as cardiac diagnostician. 
  • Periprocedural imaging and outcomes after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. 
  • Persistent left superior vena cava and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection: incidental diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography during coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Placement of a right atrial air aspiration catheter guided by transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Predictive capability of left atrial size measured by CT, TEE, and TTE for recurrence of atrial fibrillation following radiofrequency catheter ablation. 
  • Predictors of inotrope use during separation from cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • Preliminary report on the interaction of apolipoprotein E polymorphism with aortic atherosclerosis and acute nephropathy after CABG. 
  • Prevalence and clinical characteristics associated with left atrial appendage thrombus in fully anticoagulated patients undergoing catheter-directed atrial fibrillation ablation. 
  • Prevalence and repair of intraoperatively diagnosed patent foramen ovale and association with perioperative outcomes and long-term survival. 
  • Prevalence of residual left atrial thrombi among patients with acute thromboembolism and newly recognized atrial fibrillation. 
  • Primary cardiac lymphoma. 
  • Pro: intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is of utility in patients at high risk of adverse cardiac events undergoing noncardiac surgery. 
  • Prognostic role of transesophageal echocardiography in acute type A aortic dissection. 
  • Proposed modifications to the Duke criteria for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis. 
  • Prospective, randomized trial comparing blood and oxygenated crystalloid cardioplegia in reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Prosthetic valve thrombosis: when and how should we lyse? 
  • Pulmonary Valve Endocarditis: The Potential Utility of Multimodal Imaging Prior to Surgery. 
  • Pulmonary Venous Waveforms Predict Rehospitalization and Mortality After Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair. 
  • Pulmonary dysfunction after lung transplantation: the dilemma of coexisting mitral regurgitation. 
  • Pulmonary edema post-cardioversion: a potential calcium signalling problem. 
  • Pulmonary hypertension and elevated transpulmonary gradient in patients with mitral stenosis. 
  • Pulmonic valve endocarditis in a normal heart. 
  • Quantitative assessment of mitral valve coaptation using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Radiation-associated valvular heart disease. 
  • Randomized Comparison of Percutaneous Repair and Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation: 5-Year Results of EVEREST II. 
  • Rationale and design of AXAFA-AFNET 5: an investigator-initiated, randomized, open, blinded outcome assessment, multi-centre trial to comparing continuous apixaban to vitamin K antagonists in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation catheter ablation. 
  • Real-time 3-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography during left atrial radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation. 
  • Real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Real-time cylindrical curvilinear 3-D ultrasound imaging. 
  • Real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography for guiding interventional electrophysiology: feasibility study. 
  • Real-time volumetric echocardiography: the technology and the possibilities. 
  • Recurrence of heart failure symptoms after LVAD placement due to bradycardia-induced inflow obstruction. 
  • Reply: Intracardiac Versus Transesophageal Echocardiography: If You Don't Compare Them You Don't Have the Answer. 
  • Reply: When Will We Stop Debating on the Value of TEE in CABG? 
  • Resolution of severe hemolysis and paravalvular aortic regurgitation employing an Amplatzer Vascular Plug 4: the importance of detailed pre-procedural planning using CT angiography. 
  • Results of 141 consecutive minimally invasive tricuspid valve operations: an 11-year experience. 
  • Retrograde ascending aortic dissection as an early complication of thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Retrograde-delivered cardioplegia is not distributed equally to the right ventricular free wall and septum. 
  • Right ventricular infarction complicated by acute right-to-left shunting. 
  • Risk of atrioesophageal fistula formation with contact force-sensing catheters. 
  • Role of echocardiography in evaluation of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: experience in 103 patients. 
  • Role of soluble epoxide hydrolase in postischemic recovery of heart contractile function. 
  • Severe tricuspid valve regurgitation: a case for laminar flow. 
  • Shortness of breath and edema after heart surgery. 
  • Simulator training enhances resident performance in transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Special article: basic perioperative transesophageal echocardiography examination: a consensus statement of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. 
  • Specific Considerations for Pediatric, Fetal, and Congenital Heart Disease Patients and Echocardiography Service Providers during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: Council on Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Supplement to the Statement of the American Society of Echocardiography: Endorsed by the Society of Pediatric Echocardiography and the Fetal Heart Society. 
  • Specific Considerations for the Protection of Patients and Echocardiography Service Providers When Performing Perioperative or Periprocedural Transesophageal Echocardiography during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: Council on Perioperative Echocardiography Supplement to the Statement of the American Society of Echocardiography Endorsed by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. 
  • Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis. 
  • Systemic air embolism during off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • The Epiaortic Ultrasound Diagnosis of Iatrogenic Subadventitial Hematoma. 
  • The Hostile Thoracic Aorta: Management Considerations for Severe Aortic Atheroma in a Challenging Case of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Mitral Valve Replacement. 
  • The Value of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Transcatheter Valve Procedures: Is it Still Questionable? 
  • The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2015. 
  • The Year in Perioperative Echocardiography: Selected Highlights from 2020. 
  • The association of patent foramen ovale and atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • The case of the disappearing myxoma. 
  • The clinical impact of incomplete left atrial appendage closure with the Watchman Device in patients with atrial fibrillation: a PROTECT AF (Percutaneous Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage Versus Warfarin Therapy for Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation) substudy. 
  • The clinical use of an esophageal Doppler monitor for hemodynamic monitoring in sepsis. 
  • The clinical utility of transesophageal echocardiography in patients with left-sided infective endocarditis. 
  • The concordance of intraoperative left ventricular wall-motion abnormalities and electrocardiographic S-T segment changes: association with outcome after coronary revascularization. Multicenter Study of Perioperative Ischemia (McSPI) Research Group. 
  • The effect of cardiopulmonary bypass and inspired oxygen concentration on left ventricular contrast opacification with optison, a second-generation ultrasound contrast agent. 
  • The effect of milrinone on hemodynamics and left ventricular function after emergence from cardiopulmonary bypass. 
  • The functional aortic annulus in the 3D era: focus on transcatheter aortic valve replacement for the perioperative echocardiographer. 
  • The future of cardiothoracic anesthesia. 
  • The impact of intravenous fluid administration on complication rates in bowel surgery within an enhanced recovery protocol: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • The importance of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms. 
  • The incidence and long-term clinical outcome of iatrogenic atrial septal defects secondary to transseptal catheterization with a 12F transseptal sheath. 
  • The influence of collateral flow on the antegrade and retrograde distribution of cardioplegia in patients with an occluded right coronary artery. 
  • The relationship between immediate outcome after cardiac surgery, homogeneous cardioplegia delivery, and ejection fraction. 
  • The role of prolonged thrombolytic infusions and transesophageal echocardiography in thrombosed prosthetic heart valves: case report and review of the literature. 
  • Thinking from inside the box. 
  • Three-dimensional modeling of the mitral valve for surgical planning in a pediatric patient: A case-based discussion of the technical challenges of segmentation and printing from 3D transthoracic echocardiographic datasets. 
  • Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography enhances multimodal imaging of a successful repair of a case with scimitar syndrome. 
  • Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography for perioperative right ventricular assessment. 
  • Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography: more than just pretty pictures. 
  • Thromboembolism after WATCHMANTM in a clopidogrel non-responder: A case for concern? 
  • Thromboembolism after negative TEE. 
  • Total aortic replacement in Loeys-Dietz syndrome. 
  • Training and certification in perioperative transesophageal echocardiography: a historical perspective. 
  • Trans-aortic Alfieri stitch at the time of septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. 
  • Transapical ProtekDuo Rapid Deployment Cannula as Temporary Left Ventricular Assist Device in a Jehovah's Witness Patient. 
  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement--part 3: the central role of perioperative transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Transcatheter interventions across an inferior vena cava filter. 
  • Transesophageal Echocardiographic Observation of Caval Thrombus Followed by Intraoperative Placement of Inferior Vena Cava Filter for Presumed Pulmonary Embolism During Cesarean Hysterectomy for Placenta Percreta: A Case Report. 
  • Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. 
  • Transesophageal assessment of left atrial thrombus using a 3.3-mm monoplane probe. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of reversal of systolic pulmonary venous flow in mitral stenosis. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of native aortic valve area: utility of the double-envelope technique. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiographically facilitated early cardioversion from atrial fibrillation using short-term anticoagulation: final results of a prospective 4.5-year study. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography and atrial fibrillation: added value or expensive toy? 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography and evaluation of valvular heart disease. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography and noncardiac surgery: how far does the nondiagnostic use go? 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosing cardioembolic stroke. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography in quantification of emboli during femoral nailing: reamed versus unreamed techniques. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography interpretation: a comparative analysis between cardiac anesthesiologists and primary echocardiographers. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography of pulmonary thrombus causing complete left pulmonary artery occlusion. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography of the quadricuspid aortic valve. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography versus oral anticoagulation before electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation: what about atrial clot size? 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography-guided aortic thrombectomy in a patient with a mobile thoracic aortic thrombus. 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography. When is it superior to standard imaging in clinical practice? 
  • Transesophageal echocardiography: useful tool or expensive toy? 
  • Transmyocardial laser revascularization: experimental and clinical results. 
  • Traumatic Gerbode ventricular septal defect and third-degree heart block. 
  • US national survey of physician practices for the secondary and tertiary prevention of ischemic stroke. Design, service availability, and common practices. 
  • Ultrasound accelerated catheter directed thrombolysis for pulmonary embolus and right heart thrombus secondary to transvenous pacing wires. 
  • Unexpected intraoperative diagnosis of pulmonary embolism by transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Unexpected transesophageal echocardiographic finding after septal myectomy. 
  • Unusual cause of superior vena cava syndrome diagnosed with transesophageal echocardiography. 
  • Use of Multimodality Imaging in Diagnosing Invasive Fungal Diseases of the Heart. 
  • Use of hand carried ultrasound, B-type natriuretic peptide, and clinical assessment in identifying abnormal left ventricular filling pressures in patients referred for right heart catheterization. 
  • Use of mobile tablet devices and reduction in time to perioperative transesophageal echocardiography reporting: a historical cohort study. 
  • Using Ultrasound Wisely: A Tool to Enhance Good Clinical Practice. 
  • Utility of Angle Correction for Hemodynamic Measurements with Doppler Echocardiography. 
  • Utility of a simple algorithm to grade diastolic dysfunction and predict outcome after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Value of transthoracic echocardiography in predicting embolic events in active infective endocarditis. Duke Endocarditis Service. 
  • Vascular control for resection of suprahepatic intracaval Wilms' tumor: technical considerations. 
  • Vigilance--a main component of clinical quality. 
  • Watchman implantation in a patient with left atrial appendage thrombus. 
  • When i do a TEE, am I ready for what comes next? 
  • When the body and appendage of the left atrium disagree: "Focal" atrial fibrillation-implications for atrial thrombus formation and risk of thromboembolism. 
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  • Laskowitz, Daniel Todd, Professor of Neurology, Duke Science & Society
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Joseph W. and Dorothy W. Beard Distinguished Professor of Experimental Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Richard Sean Stack, M.D. Distinguished Professor, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
  • Swaminathan, Madhav, Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic