Transesophageal Echocardiography: Not for Everyone? [PDF]
Stroke, 2007 To the Editor: We read with interest the article by de Bruijn et al comparing transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography (TEE versus TEE) for the evaluation of TIA or stroke.1 We congratulate the investigators on this important study. TEE proved superior to TTE for identification of a cardiac embolic source in patients with TIA or …
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Alteration of Surgical Management Following Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in a Patient With Mobile Left Atrial Thrombi Embolized During Anesthesia [PDF]
, 2003 This report describes alteration of surgical management in a patient with a large free-floating ball thrombus in the left atrium, which was embolized before sternotomy as demonstrated by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.
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Abrupt formation of a right atrium thrombus detected by transesophageal echocardiography during laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy and spontaneous resolution during thromboembolectomy -A case report- [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2012 Intraoperative formation and management of a thrombus in right atrium has been reported occasionally. Nevertheless, it is rare that a right atrial thrombus with unstable hemodynamic changes detected by transesophageal echocardiography is resolved ...
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Aspergillus niger aortitis after aortic valve replacement diagnosed by transesophageal echocardiography [PDF]
, 2006 Aspergillus aortitis following cardiac surgery has an important role among the cardiac infections as almost all affected cases result in death. Survival of the patient with Aspergillus aortitis is dependent on early initiation of aggressive medical and ...
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Yemeni Journal for Medical Sciences, 2015 Objectives: To determine the frequency distribution of different cardiovascular disorders and to describe their associated morphological abnormalities by transesophageal echocardiography among patients referred to the Transesophageal Echocardiography ...
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Transesophageal Echocardiography [PDF]
Circulation, 2003 Case: A 36 year-old woman without significant past medical history was admitted with left-sided hemiparesis. Imaging studies confirmed a right middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke with normal carotid arteries. Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) showed right heart enlargement and a large secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) (Figure 1).
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Hepatic venous flow assessed by transesophageal echocardiography [PDF]
, 1991 Systemic venous flow patterns are easily assessed by transthoracic echocardiography for evaluation of right heart dynamics. However, the transthoracic approach cannot be used in patients undergoing thoracic surgery.
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Importance of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during coronary artery surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass [PDF]
, 1998 The goal of this study was to assess left ventricular segmental wall motion (SWM) abnormalities during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and its impact on the immediate postoperative outcome.
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Delayed repair of esophageal perforation due to transoesophageal echocardiography
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2016 Since its introduction into clinical practice in the 1980s, transesophageal echocardiography has become an invaluable tool in cardiac surgery having only a few cases of serious complications reported in the literature.
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2021 A 39-year-old G3P3 female presented with abrupt onset dyspnoea of one month duration. She was markedly symptomatic when lying supine and resorted to prone sleeping. Chest X-ray reported as cardiomegaly.
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