Transesophageal echocardiography is a diagnostic test using an ultrasound device that is passed into the esophagus of the patient to create a clear image of the heart muscle and other parts of the...
If you can do a noninvasive procedure versus an invasive procedure, the attending physician, if any good at all, will always go with the noninvasive technique. If ever a noninvasive procedure can be...
a special viewing tube called an endoscope, containing a tiny transducer, is passed through the mouth and into the esophagus. It is carefully moved until it is positioned directly next to the heart....