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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1405-9940</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Archivos de cardiología de México]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Arch. Cardiol. Méx.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-9940</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1405-99402017000100035</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.acmx.2016.11.009</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Peculiaridades de la ecocardiografía transesofágica en pacientes octogenarios]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Peculiarities of the transesophageal echocardiography in octogenarian patients]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Canale]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jesús M.]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cardoza-Encinas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rubén]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Canale-Segovia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrés]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital CIMA Instituto del Corazón (INCOR) ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Hermosillo Sonora]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital CIMA Unidad de Terapia Intensiva ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Hermosillo Sonora]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Sonora Departamento de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Hermosillo Sonora]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>87</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>35</fpage>
<lpage>42</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-99402017000100035&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-99402017000100035&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-99402017000100035&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La tendencia creciente en el número absoluto y relativo de ancianos en la composición demográfica, el incremento en la prevalencia de cardiopatías conforme se avanza en edad y el impresionante desarrollo tecnológico de los ultrasonógrafos son factores que han impulsado recientemente un mayor número de ecocardiogramas transesofágicos en pacientes de edad muy avanzada, sin embargo la información publicada sobre las características distintivas del método en el paciente anciano es aún escasa y muy probablemente insuficiente. Esta revisión se enfoca en material bibliográfico publicado sobre las características más peculiares &#8211;tanto metodológicas como diagnósticas&#8211; de la ecocardiografía transesofágica en el paciente octogenario o aún mayor, a fin de presentarlas aquí de una manera ordenada y sistematizada de tal forma que aporten elementos para fomentar un criterio clínico útil en el médico a cargo de pacientes de esa franja etaria en quienes esta modalidad diagnóstica es cada vez más requerida.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The growing trend in the absolute and relative number of elderly in the population scheme, the increasing prevalence of heart disease as people get older and the impressive technological development of ultrasound devices have all together recently contributed to promote an increasing number of transesophageal echocardiograms in older patients, however, the already published information about the distinguishing features of this diagnostic methodology in elderly patients is still scarce and seems to be insufficient. This review focuses on the already published methodological and diagnostic features related to the transesophageal echocardiography in the octogenarian -or even older patient- in order to show them in an orderly and systematic manner to provide elements that induce useful clinical criteria for the physician who attends patients in this age group in whom this diagnostic modality is now increasingly requested.]]></p></abstract>
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