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To the Editor: The article on transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) (May 11 issue)¹ by Daniel and Mügge is very informative. The authors point out that TEE is an invasive procedure and in most instances — all, in my experience — requires the use of sedation or general anesthesia. The authors do not discuss alternative noninvasive methods, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). They cite four articles on MRI in aortic dissections but fail to mention that these studies showed MRI to be superior to TEE. TEE has the disadvantage of having less resolution than MRI and being invasive and should, in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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