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European Heart Journal 1997 18(Supplement D):37-42; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/18.suppl_D.37
Copyright © 1997 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1997 The European Society of Cardiology

Transoesophageal stress echocardiography

F. A. Flachskampf, H. Lethen, R. Hoffmann and P. Hanrath

Med. Klinik I, RWTH Aachen Aachen, Germany

Correspondence: Frank A. Flachskampf, MD, Med.Klinik $$$, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr.30, 52057 Aachen, Germany

Transoesophageal echocardiography has been performed in conjunction with pacing, dobutamine, or dipyridamole stress to detect stress-inducible ischaemia, and has proved to be a highly accurate diagnostic tool. Its advantages of improved image quality and high diagnostic accuracy have to be weighed against the disadvantages of semi-invasiveness and patient discomfort. The existing data on this stress echo modality and on special applications (diastolic dysfunction, ischaemic mitral regurgitation, hibernating myocardium, pen-operative risk assessment) are reviewed.

Key Words: Pacing stress • stress echocardiography • transoesophageal echocardiography


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