Transesophageal Echocardiogram Procedure
Procedure:
A specialized probe containing an ultrasound transducer at its tip is passed into the patient’s esophagus. This allows image and Doppler evaluation from a location directly behind the heart.
Indications:
- When very high quality images of structures close to the esophagus are needed: left atrium appendage, mitral valve
- For suspicion of aortic dissection
- For the evaluation of prosthetic mitral valves
- When transthoracic images cannot be obtained
Our Offerings
- Aquilion One Prism 640-slice CT Scan
- Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
- Electrocardiography (ECG or EKG)
- Cardiac biomarkers
- Echocardiography
- Transthoracic (TTE) Echocardiography
- Transesophageal echocardiogram
- Stress echocardiography
- Treadmill test
- Holter monitor (or ambulatory electrocardiography device)
- Head up Tilt table test
- Defibrillation
- CT Angiogram
- Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (Cardiac MRI)
