How long do you recommend waiting after variceal bleeding and banding before a transesophageal echocardiogram can be performed safely?  

In the exact wording of this question, the scenario that is being presented is that the patient has had a variceal hemorrhage (VH) recently and urgent banding has already been performed to stop the VH (so that the concern would be of the TEE probe knocking off a band that is actively treating an eso...

Because of the edema, the inflammation and the swelling of the areas that are banded. I would recommend more like three or four weeks before doing the TEE procedure.