University of Melbourne Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
UEG's research topics are transthoracic echocardiogram; transesophageal echocardiography for cardiac surgery; clinical point of ...
Cardiac imaging
Transesophageal echocardiography is an invasive procedure that involves inserting a flexible probe with an ultrasound ... Transesophageal echocardiography creates clearer images of the heart and surrounding blood vessels than traditional ... Tsai, Shen-Kou (2013). "The role of transesophageal echocardiography in clinical use". Journal of the Chinese Medical ... Tsai, Shen-Kou (2013). "The role of transesophageal echocardiography in clinical use". Journal of the Chinese Medical ...
Intracardiac echocardiogram
Transthoracic echocardiography Transesophageal echocardiography Enriquez, Andrea (2018). "Use of Intracardiac Echocardiography ... Intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) is a specialized form of echocardiography that utilizes an ultrasound-tipped catheter to ... Unlike transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), ICE is not limited by body habitus. An ICE catheter is inserted into the body, ... The use of ICE is specialized and not intended for general echocardiography due to its cost and invasiveness. It is used as a ...
Atrium (heart)
It can also be seen clearly using transesophageal echocardiography. The left atrial appendage can serve as an approach for ... captured by echocardiography, in a patient with atrial fibrillation, resulting in a stroke". Circulation. 114 (13): e513-514. ...
Anomalous pulmonary venous connection
... diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography". J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 29 (6): 1351-8. doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(97)82758-1. PMID ... transesophageal echocardiography, or cardiac MRI. Unfortunately, less invasive and expensive testing, such as transthoracic ... echocardiography and CT scanning are generally less sensitive.[citation needed] It is sometimes treated with surgery, which ...
Pulmonary valve stenosis
Transthoracic or transesophageal echocardiography can provide a more accurate diagnosis. Obstetric ultrasonography can be ...
Libman-Sacks endocarditis
Echocardiography is considered the primary evaluation for Libman-Sacks endocarditis; transesophageal echocardiography has ... In case of a negative TTE in the presence of clinical signs of Libman-Sacks endocarditis, transesophageal echocardiography may ... Libman-Sacks endocarditis is diagnosed with echocardiography. Other potential etiologies (e.g. infective endocarditis) should ... greater sensitivity and specificity than transthoracic echocardiography. ...
Valsalva maneuver
Zuber, M.; Cuculi, F.; Oechslin, E.; Erne, P.; Jenni, R. (2008). "Is transesophageal echocardiography still necessary to ...
Echocardiography
Adult Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) and Congenital Heart Disease Echocardiography (CHD). In the UK, accreditation is ... free online echocardiography tutorial CT2TEE - transesophageal echocardiography simulator (Webarchive template wayback links, ... Accreditation is offered in adult and pediatric transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography, as well as adult stress and ... Three-dimensional echocardiography (also known as four-dimensional echocardiography when the picture is moving) is now possible ...
Quadricuspid aortic valve
3-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography. Texas Heart Institute Journal, 40(2), 207. Song, M. G., Yang, H. S., Lee, D. H ... European Journal of Echocardiography, 7(2), 168-170. Douglas, H., Moore, M., & Purvis, J. (2012). Comprehensive assessment of a ... Echocardiography, 28(9), 1035-1040. Godefroid, O., Colles, P., Vercauteren, S., Louagie, Y., & Marchandise, B. (2006). ... A transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) indicates if there is an aortic regurgitation, but a 3-D transesophageal echocardiogram ...
Infective endocarditis
... transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). The transthoracic echocardiogram has a ... "Diagnostic value of transesophageal compared with transthoracic echocardiography in infective endocarditis". Journal of the ... Echocardiography is the main type of diagnostic imaging used to establish the diagnosis of infective endocarditis. There are ... As the Duke criteria rely heavily on the results of echocardiography, research has addressed when to order an echocardiogram by ...
Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer
Transesophageal echocardiography and intravascular ultrasonography may also be used in differentiation. Complications such as ...
Aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva
These studies include transesophageal echocardiography, 3D echocardiography, CT Angiography and aortic angiography. Cardiac MRI ... The first step in diagnosis is typically transthoracic echocardiography. However, if surgery is planned or if the standard ... as determined through repeated echocardiography).[citation needed] An alternative to surgical repair or a ruptured aneurysm is ...
Hematemesis
Iatrogenic injury (invasive procedure such as endoscopy or transesophageal echocardiography) Atrio-oesophageal fistula. Yellow ...
Velocity time integral
"Intraoperative Determination of Cardiac Output Using Multiplane Transesophageal Echocardiography A Comparison to Thermodilution ... Miller, Ashley; Mandeville, Justin (June 2016). "Predicting and measuring fluid responsiveness with echocardiography". Echo ...
Foramen ovale (heart)
Transesophageal echocardiography is considered the most accurate investigation to demonstrate a patent foramen ovale. A patent ...
Lutembacher's syndrome
Transthoracic or Transesophageal echocardiography two dimensional images that can be made of the heart. They can be used to ... transthoracic or transesophageal echocardiography, color flow mapping, and Doppler imaging. Use of the various test can help to ...
Scimitar syndrome
The diagnosis is made by transthoracic or transesophageal echocardiography[citation needed] and selective pulmonary angiography ...
Transthoracic echocardiogram
Focus assessed transthoracic echocardiography Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) Ommen SR, Nishimura RA, Appleton CP, ... Transesophageal echocardiography may be more accurate than TTE because it excludes the variables previously mentioned and ... Transesophageal Echocardiography also affords better visualization of prosthetic heart valves and clots within the four ... Often abbreviated "TTE", it can be easily confused with transesophageal echocardiography which is abbreviated "TEE". ...
Cardiothoracic anesthesiology
Transesophageal echocardiography has rapidly become the most powerful monitoring technique and diagnostic tool for the ... There are two ways of performing echocardiography depending on placement of echocardiography probe: transthoracic or ... while in transesophageal echocardiography (TEE or TOE in the UK), the probe is placed into the esophagus.[citation needed] ... 2D/3D transesophageal echocardiography, intraspinal drainage placement, and advanced ultrasound guidance of vascular access.[ ...
Methysergide
... confirmation by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography". Echocardiography. 20 (3): 283-287. doi:10.1046/j.1540- ...
Duke Treadmill Score
"Relation between Duke treadmill score and coronary flow reserve using transesophageal Doppler echocardiography in patients with ... "Comparison of exercise echocardiography and the Duke treadmill score for risk stratification in patients with known or ...
Heart
Echocardiography can be conducted by a probe on the chest (transthoracic), or by a probe in the esophagus (transesophageal). A ... Several imaging methods can be used to assess the anatomy and function of the heart, including ultrasound (echocardiography), ... Armstrong, William F.; Ryan, Thomas; Feigenbaum, Harvey (2010). Feigenbaum's Echocardiography. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ... typical echocardiography report will include information about the width of the valves noting any stenosis, whether there is ...
David L. Reich
Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Companion to Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia "Perioperative Patient Safety ... and co-editor of the text Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Companion to Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia (Elsevier ... and co-editor of the text Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Companion to Kaplan's Cardiac Anesthesia (Elsevier ...
Cardiovascular technologist
Cardiac sonographers also may assist transesophageal echocardiography, which involves placing a tube in the patient's esophagus ... Cardiovascular Credentialing International The American Society of Echocardiography (Wikipedia external links cleanup from ...
Valve of inferior vena cava
The eustachian valve is better seen with transesophageal echocardiography in the bi-caval view and right sided horizontal and ... In this case, it may demonstrate an undulating motion in real time echocardiography; and when it is quite large, it may be ... The practice of clinical echocardiography. 1st ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1997. p. 668. Otto CM, editor. The practice of ... The eustachian valve is frequently seen with transthoracic echocardiography from the parasternal long axis, the apical four- ...
Chest pain
Shiga T, Wajima Z, Apfel CC, Inoue T, Ohe Y (July 2006). "Diagnostic accuracy of transesophageal echocardiography, helical ... Chest radiograph or chest x rays are frequently performed Echocardiography can be useful in patients with known cardiac disease ...
Foramen secundum
Transesophageal echocardiography is accepted as the method to monitor this procedure which, when performed correctly, has ... Five-year Follow-up of Intracardiac Echocardiography-assisted Transcatheter Closure of Complex Ostium Secundum Atrial Septal ...
Aortography
... has largely been replaced by the diagnostic tools of MRI, CT, and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) all of ... "Emergency echocardiography: the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging recommendations". European Heart Journal - ...
Paradoxical embolism
It is reported that transesophageal echocardiography or TEE, is the best non-invasive option for diagnosing intracardiac shunts ...