Transesophageal echocardiography in the pediatric interventional cardiac catheterization laboratory

As the scope and complexity of transcatheter interventions for congenital heart disease has expanded over the past several decades, so too has the role of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in planning, guiding and assessing the results of these procedures. While fluoroscopy and angiography continue to be the primary imaging tools for diagnostic and interventional procedures, TEE provides complimentary and often times superior imaging for a...