2D or 3D TEEin penetrating cardiac injury No NO

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In a message dated 9/6/2007 8:41:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ih7 at msn.com  
writes:

I guess  the dissatisfaction with TEE may partly be due to the fact that one 
has to be  knowledgeable to determine what one is looking at. If the doc is 
not  experienced, certified etc, then I agree you may get nonsensical results 
and  don't even go there. Is that it ?Ivan Hronek MDChief, Critical Care &  
Trauma AnesthesiaSFMC Gas, Inc.St. Francis Medical Center3630 E. Imperial  
HighwayLynwood, CA 90262 Cell: 310 487-3288Pager: 310  636-6020



I would absolutely concur that with more experience and faith in a random  
number generator one sees more and more VOMITs.   I have been looking  at TEE 
images since the technology first came out and I have been watching  various 
people use this device and make dumb decisions made on marginal  informaiton.   
So you are correct in stating that the more one becomes  in love with this 
device the more one sees things that are not  there.    Thank you for confirming 
the observations and  suspicions of a large number of people
 
k



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