The authors submit their initial experience with the work protocol of transoesophageal loading echocardiography, which they used in 148 patients. The method is meant in the first place for individuals where the records of classical transthoracic echocardiography in 10-25% are difficult to visualize by echocardiography or patients who for any reasons cannot be subjected to common loading examinations. The informative capacity of this method is almost 100%. It makes it possible to evaluate every accurately filling and ejection indicators as well as changes in the motility of cardiac walls.
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