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TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY VIEWS
AS RELATED TO TRANSDUCER POSITION AND PROBE MANIPULATION

Position of TRANSDUCER	anatomy	Manual Rotation	Manual Flexion	Electronic Rotation
		Probe facing: Frontwards Leftwards Rightwards	Neutral Anteflexion Retroflexion	transverse views 0° - 30°	longitudinal views 60° - 120°
Upper Esophagus	Great Vessels	F	A	Pulmonary bifurcation
¯		L	A	Aortic arch	Aortic arch
		LL	N	Descending thoracic aorta	Descending thoracic aorta
¯		F	A	Aortic valve	Left ventricular ouflow, aortic valve and root, ascending aorta
		Variable	Variable	Coronary arteries	Coronary arteries
		F	A	Valves of cardiac base
		R	A	Right ventricular outflow and pulmonary valve	Pulmonary valve and artery
				Right ventricular outflow tract flow velocity	Pulmonary artery flow velocity
¯	Base of Heart	L	A	Left atrial appendage and left pulmonary vein. Circumflex artery	Left atrial appendage
				Left atrial appendage flow velocities
		R	A	Biatrial, interatrial septum	Bicaval view
		RR	A	Right pulmonary veins	Right pulmonary veins
				Pulmonary vein flow velocities	Pulmonary vein flow velocities
Lower Esophagus	Ventricles	R			Right ventricular 2-chambers
		F	R	5-chambers (0°-20°)
¯		F	R	4-chambers (10°-30°)	Left ventricular 2-chambers (90°)
		F	R		Left ventricular long axis (120°)
¯		L	A	Mitral valve
				Mitral valve flow velocities
Transgastric		F	A	Left ventricle, papillary muscles	Left ventricle 2-chambers
		F	A		Left ventricle long axis
		R	A	Right ventricle	Right ventricle papillary muscles, inflow and outflow, tricuspid valve
		LL	N	Descending thoracic aorta	Descending thoracic aorta
¯		F	AA	5-chambers from apex

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