Open AccessEffect of lateral body position on transesophageal echocardiography images and the association with patient characteristics: A prospective observational study
Author(s) -
Norikatsu Mita,
Masataka Kuroda,
Shigeru Saito,
Sohtaro Miyoshi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.159797
Subject(s) - medicine , supine position , body position , cardiology , body mass index , mass index , cardiac function curve , heart failure , physical medicine and rehabilitation
Changes in heart position are occasionally observed on the transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) image screen after changing the body position from supine to lateral, although the magnitude of change in cardiac position varies individually. We hypothesized that this variation is associated with certain patient characteristics and evaluated how lateral positioning affects visualization of the heart on TEE and whether the magnitude of change in the heart position correlates with patient characteristics.