Intracardiac echocardiography is noninferior to TEE for prevention of thromboembolic complications in patients receiving ablation for AF.

Simulation-based teaching of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) improved cardiology fellows' knowledge, skills, and comfort with the procedure compared with traditional training, a new study shows ...

“In patients who are at higher risk of complications from open-heart surgery, minimally invasive procedures known as percutaneous transcatheter interventions are preferred,” said Ammar Hasnie, M.D., a ...

Video: HCM Evaluation: Transesophageal Echo or Transthoracic Echo? —Nihar Desai, MD, of Yale University, discusses the role of echocardiography and the relative role of transesophageal ...

(HealthDay News) — As a result of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for suspected cardioembolic stroke, 16.7% of patients experience a significant change in management, according to a study ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has published a comprehensive roadmap that details the use of intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) to guide structural heart disease ...

An echocardiogram, or echo, is a test that helps doctors check on your heart health. The test, which is a kind of ultrasound, uses harmless sound waves to create a real-time moving picture of your ...

Hospitals that shift away from routine use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and general anesthesia during TAVR to an “as-needed” mentality stand to gain shorter procedures and hospital stays ...

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The use of a robotic-assisted device to perform transcranial Doppler ultrasound greatly improved the detection of right-to-left cardiac shunts in patients with presumed embolic strokes compared with ...