Heart Imaging Simulator Advances Echocardiography Training

As cardiovascular disease has increased globally in recent decades, clinical demand for transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has risen along with it. In TEE, a clinician inserts an ultrasound probe by mouth and guides it through the esophagus to capture images of the functioning heart. The procedure is commonly used by cardiac anesthesiologists to monitor patients undergoing surgery and in intensive care—as well as by imaging specialists to diagnose valvular heart disease.