ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY 2024/2025 Exam
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The Transesophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) offers - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔increased resolution and routine visualization of anatomy and pathology
that may not be readily discernible by the transthoracic approach including
valve chordae, small masses such as papillomas, vegetations, left atrial
appendage and thoracic portions of aorta
TEE allows the use of--- frequency transducers (----) because of the probes
proximity to cardiac structures and the decreased attenuation of the
ultrasound beam when utilizing the transesophageal window - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔higher,3.5-10MHz
Higher frequency transducers --- the resolution of the cardiac structures
significantly - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔increase
Adult probes typically operate at --
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, Pediatric probes are smaller in diameter and operate at-- - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔3.5 to 7.5 MHZ,
5 to 10MHZ
The transesophageal window allows visualization of cardiac structures in
additional planes that are not accessible through --- - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔transthoracic imaging
The TEE exam will usually be a -- focused exam than the transthoracic
exam and will take approximately -- to complete, depending upon the
complexity of the case being studied ( --- percent of echo exams are TEE's)
- 🧠ANSWER ✔✔more, 10 to 30 minutes, 5 to 10%
target for exam - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔shorter, focused, urgecy or intolarace TEE
probe
Necessary materials for the performance of a TEE exam include
patient(IMPT) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔monitoring equipment (such as BP monitor,
pulse oximeter and ECG ), wall suction, oxygen, appropriate medication
lock box, code phone and crash cart.
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