echocardiography:tee:screening_form
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Screening Form
Transesophageal echocardiography is generally considered a safe and low risk procedure. As with all procedures there are some risks.
| Oropharyngeal | Lip bruising/laceration, loose/chipped tooth, displaced dentures, pharyngeal laceration, perforation of the hypopharynx, accidental tracheal intubation |
| Esophageal | Pain with swallowing, trouble swallowing, laceration/perforation, tear in esophagus |
| Gastric | Tear of stomach, bleeding |
| Miscellaneous | Splenic laceration, compression of mediastinal structures, airway compromise, thermal injury burn, tongue necrosis |
| ☐ Yes | ☐ No | Problems swallowing |
| ☐ Yes | ☐ No | History of surgery involving your esophagus (swallowing tube) |
| ☐ Yes | ☐ No | History of cirrhosis or esophageal varices |
J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2010;23:1115-27
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