Table 1.
Indications for the transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) examinations.
| n = 60 | |
|---|---|
| TOE indications | |
| Presurgical assessment | 15 |
| Postsurgical assessment | 27 |
| Percutaneous procedures | 17 |
| ICU | 1 |
| Surgeries | |
| AVSD | 12 |
| ASD | 2 |
| VSD | 15 |
| Sub-aortic membrane | 4 |
| Pezzy-Laubry syndrome | 2 |
| Conotruncal cardiopathy | 7 |
| Mitral valve repair | 3 |
| Prosthetic pulmonary tube endocarditis | 2 |
| Multistage pulmonary stenosis | 1 |
| Percutaneous procedures | |
| ASD | 9 |
| VSDa | 6 |
| PFO | 1 |
| Diagnostic in Ebstein | 1 |
| ICU | |
| HCM | 1 |
| Number of examinations per patient | |
| 1 | 28 |
| 2 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 |
ASD, atrial septal defect; AVSD, atrioventricular septal defect; HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; ICU, intensive care unit; VSD, ventricular septal defect; PFO, patent foramen ovale.
a
2 coarctation syndrome with pulmonary artery bandage.