A novel view for visualizing a left pulmonary artery thromboembolus with intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography
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- 作者：Martina Nowak ; Stanton K. Shernan ; Holger K. Eltzschig ; Peter Rosenberger
- 关键词：Cardiac surgery ; Mitral valve repair ; Pulmonary embolus ; Transesophageal echocardiography
- 刊名：Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：March 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：20
- 期：2
- 页码：136-138
- 全文大小：202 K
文摘
Visualization of thromboembolic material in the pulmonary artery is often difficult on transesophageal echocardiography, especially in the left pulmonary artery, because of the position of the left main bronchus. We present a case in which thromboembolic material within the midleft pulmonary artery was incidentally diagnosed using additional, modified transesophageal echocardiography views, in a patient undergoing mitral valve repair.