%0 Journal Article
%T Feasibility and clinical benefit of cognitive¨Cbehavioral intervention for preparing patients for transesophageal echocardiography
%A Dawid Mi£¿kowiec
%A Jaros£¿aw D. Kasprzak
%A Katarzyna Wdowiak-Okrojek
%A Maria Sobczak
%A Paulina Wejner-Mik
%A Piotr Lipiec
%J Archive of "Anatolian Journal of Cardiology".
%D 2016
%R 10.5152/AnatolJCardiol.2015.6514
%X Despite premedication, anxiety in patients undergoing transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is prevalent, often causing adverse physiological and psychological effects and contributing to decreased patient compliance. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of cognitive¨Cbehavioral intervention (CBI) in patients undergoing TEE and to assess its impact on the severity of anxiety, patient¡¯s and physician¡¯s comfort, and administered dose of sedatives
%K transesophageal echocardiography
%K anxiety
%K cognitive therapy
%K relaxation therapy
%K conscious sedation
%K sedatives
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331353/