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Descriptor English: Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Descriptor Spanish: Ecocardiografía Transesofágica
Descriptor ecocardiografía transesofágica
Scope note: Registro ultrasónico del tamaño, movimientos y composición del corazón y de los tejidos adyacentes utilizando un transductor colocado en el esófago.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ecocardiografia Transesofagiana
Descriptor French: Échocardiographie transoesophagienne
Entry term(s): Transesophageal Echocardiography
Tree number(s): E01.370.350.130.750.235
E01.370.350.850.220.235
E01.370.370.380.220.235
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017548
Scope note: Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues using a transducer placed in the esophagus.
Annotation: coordinate with specific heart disease /diag image and with specific type of echocardiography if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
DE drug effects
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RE radiation effects
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Echocardiography (1977-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Entry Version: ECHOCARDIOGR TRANSESOPHAGEAL
DeCS ID: 31496
Unique ID: D017548
NLM Classification: WG 141.5.E2
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/18
Revision Date: 2016/04/19
Echocardiography, Transesophageal - Preferred
Concept UI M0026610
Scope note Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues using a transducer placed in the esophagus.
Preferred term Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Entry term(s) Transesophageal Echocardiography



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