Transesophageal echocardiogram

Transesophageal echocardiography as engl. ( transesophageal echocardiography, abbreviation TEA ) refers to a special type of echocardiogram, an ultrasound examination, in which an endoscope with a built-in transducer is inserted into the esophagus.

In the area of the esophagus can be due to the immediate vicinity of the heart, make detailed statements about specific issues. In particular, in diseases of the atria (atrial clots, atrial septal defects, tumors), and heart valves ( inflammation ), this investigation the method of choice dar.

Question of the TEA

• Cardiac defect
• Infective endocarditis
• Abscesses
• Segelperforationen
• Pulmonary vein flow
• Patent foramen ovale, screen lock
• Thrombi in the left atrium and the left atrial appendage
• Pulmonary vein anomalies
• Thoracic aorta: thrombus, aneurysm, dissection, rupture
• Aortic stents
• Cardiac mediastinal tumors
• Artifacts in the TTE ( transthoracic echocardiography )
• Graduation and morphology of mitral regurgitation
• Early ischemia individual wall sections
• Determination of the charge state of the ventricles
• Diagnosis of shunts
• The possibility of measuring the cardiac output
• Checking the operation of artificial heart valves