Transesophageal (tranz-ih-sof-uh-JEE-ul) echocardiography (EK-o-kar-de-OG-rah-fee), or TEE, is a test that uses sound waves to create high-quality moving pictures of the heart and its blood vessels. TEE is a type of echocardiography (echo). Echo shows the size and shape of the heart and how well the heart chambers and valves are working. Echo can pinpoint areas of heart muscle that aren't contracting well because of poor blood flow or injury from a previous heart attack.
Grand Prix: The highest level of show jumping. Run under International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) rules, the horse jumps a course of 10 to 16 obstacles, with heights and spreads of up to 6.5 feet (2.0 m).
The deadly fences with examples of horses who were killed in the Grand National Fourteen of the 16 fences are jumped twice during the race, which means that the first fence in the race is jumped a second time as the 17 th fence, and so on.Fence 1 (& 17): Plain The 40 horses tend to come to this fence at some pace.he deadly fences with examples of horses who were killed in the Grand National Fourteen of the 16 fences are jumped twice during the race, which means that the first fence in the race is jumped a second time as the 17 th fence, and so on.