Media type: E-Article Title: Multiplane transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of transvenous defibrillation leads Contributor: Fehske, Wolfgang; Jung, Werner; Omran, Heyder; Manz, Matthias; Moosdorf, Rainer; Lüderitz, Berndt Published: Wiley, 1995 Published in: Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 23 (1995) 3, Seite 153-162 Language: English DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870230302 ISSN: 0091-2751; 1097-0096 Keywords: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging Origination: Footnote: Description: AbstractPermanent transvenous cardioverter–defibrillator leads were investigated by multiplane transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) (1) to determine whether intracardiac lead segments can be visualized, (2) to verify the position of the coils, and (3) to detect possible thrombus formation. The diagnostic information obtained in 62 patients by TEE was compared to that of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Abnormal findings were only visualized by multiplane TEE. However, further controlled studies are needed to determine the clinical relevance of displaced caval (one patient) and ventricular coils (15 patients), ventricular (1 patient) or atrial (6 patients) loops, and of clinically uneventful thrombi (13 patients). © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.