Learn about the various tests you may undergo. Before cardioversion, you may need a test called a tee (transesophageal echocardiography) During this test, you swallow a small ultrasound device This lets the health care team look inside your heart atria for blood clots If blood clots are found, you may need blood thinners* before cardioversion This will help reduce your stroke risk.
Transesophageal echocardiography (tee) is often used to check for the presence of blood clots before this procedure Complications are uncommon but may include: Tte vs tee tee considered more sensitive/specific 5% chance of finding pathologies that change management tte with appropriate maneuvers very sensitive for pfo tte better for lv thrombus tee preferred if valvular disease suspected tee better at imaging left atrium/appendage Catheter ablation is a procedure that uses radiofrequency energy (similar to microwave heat) to. Another type, transesophageal echo (or tee), provides a view of the back of the heart The aim of a stress test is to make your heart work hard (and beat fast) while tests are performed.
After properly numbing your throat and giving you intravenous sedation, your sonographer and doctor will attach a probe to a thin tube that passes down your throat and into your esophagus.
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