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. 2019 Mar;11(3):1031–1046. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.77

Table 3. Preoperative diagnostic tests, percentages, all cases (136).

Preoperative diagnostic tests (N=136) Number of cases Percentage
Echocardiography 113 83.1
     TTE 27 19.9 (23.9% of 113 cases)
     TEE 28 20.6 (24.8% of 113 cases)
     TTE + TEE 26 19.1 (23.0% of 113 cases)
     Type of echocardiography not specified 32 23.5 (28.3% of 113 cases)
Angio 81 59.6
CT-scan 35 25.7
MRI 5 3.7
Not described 6 4.4

TTE, transthoracic echocardiography; TEE, transesophageal echocardiography.