Critical importance of unsuspected findings detected by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography for decision making during cardiac surgery

Aims To report the frequency of unsuspected pathologies detected by presurgical and/or postsurgical intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (IOTEE) and its impact on the extent of cardiac surgery and the number of pathologies remaining unoperated. Methods and results In a 2-year study period...

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