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Kathmandu,Tuesday April 18, 2000 Baishakh 06, 2057.
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TEE checkup to identify heart anomalies
KATHMANDU, April 17 (PR) - Norvic-Escorts Health Care and Research Centre
organised TEE (Transoesophageal Echo Cardiography) checkup yesterday to identify heart
anomalies in around 20 patients, said a press release issued by the centre.
TEE is a technology used for the accurate diagnosis of the heart’s
condition. It identifies a range of cardiac anomalies including clots in the large
arteries (aorta) and to diagnose heart diseases of children who carry some abnormalities
from birth, states the release. "TEE is also done on patients who have had a
replacement of artificial valves in the heart."
According to the release, under the test, a special
kind of tube is inserted to the cardiac patient through the food pipe (Oesophagus) of the
patient and the heart condition is accurately mapped by bouncing sound waves off it, which
converts into an image on the monitor screen. The TEE session was conducted by a group of
consultant cardiologists headed by Dr Ravi P Kasliwal, Senior Consultant Cardiologist and
chief of Non Ivasive Cardiac Department, Escorts Heart Institute Research Centre, New
Delhi.
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