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TRANSOESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM
Transoesophageal echocardiography is a procedure looking at heart structures from the oesophagus using an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound images obtained from the oesophagus permits the doctor to view the heart more clearly without the interference of the lungs and chest. These images are recorded from a probe which is swallowed.
