Clinical cardiology
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Clinical cardiology · Mar 2003
Multicenter StudyUtilization of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during repair of congenital cardiac defects: a survey of North American centers.
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been increasingly utilized during repair of congenital cardiac defects. ⋯ Utilization of intraoperative TEE during surgery for congenital heart disease is widespread; the results of this survey may be useful to individual institutions as they evaluate their utilization of intraoperative echocardiography.