| Title | Multiplane transesophageal echocardiography: a basic oblique plane patient imaging sequence. | | Author(s) | Griffin M, Rafferty T | | Institution | Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8051, USA. | | Source | Yale J Biol Med 1998 Nov-Dec; 71(6):499-519. | | MeSH | Aorta
Aortic Valve
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Atria
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Mitral Valve
Pulmonary Veins
| | Abstract | We have previously reported a standardized 10-step sequence of monoplane (transverse plane) transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiographic views and a standardized 7-step vertical plane examination, both suitable for expeditious intraoperative use by the beginning practitioner. A multiplane transesophageal examination involves transverse plane views, vertical plane views and the remaining "in-between" oblique plane views. This report describes a sequence of specific oblique views to be used as a framework for the completion of a multiplane transesophageal examination. Each of these steps is illustrated with a two-dimensional echocardiographic image, a matching diagram and a schematic representation of the corresponding axis of interrogation. This description of oblique plane imaging, therefore, completes the components of a multiplane transesophageal examination. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 10604783 |
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