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Trans(o)esophageal Echocardiography (TOE/TEE) in the Diagnosis of Aortic Pathologies

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After the beginning of the first recordings of echocardiography, supported by the company Siemens, Inge Gudmar Edler and Carl Hellmuth Hertz suggested to develop an ultrasound transducer already in 1953, which could be introduced into the esophagus.

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Erbel, R., Erbel-Khurtsidze, S. (2019). Trans(o)esophageal Echocardiography (TOE/TEE) in the Diagnosis of Aortic Pathologies. In: Stanger, O., Pepper, J., Svensson, L. (eds) Surgical Management of Aortic Pathology. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4874-7_21

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