Transesophageal echocardiography for diagnosis of inadvertant closure of Inferior Vena Cava opening during minimally invasive atrial septal defect closure

Transesophageal echocardiography for diagnosis of inadvertant closure of Inferior Vena Cava opening during minimally invasive atrial septal defect closure

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is widely used in cardiac surgery. TEE provides important diagnostic and functional information before and after cardiopulmonary bypass thereby having a very important impact on perioperative clinical outcomes. We describe a case in which intraoperative TEE was...

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Main Authors: Kanwar A Baloria, Marc St-Amand, Biju S Pillai, Nandini Selot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Atrial septal defect
Inferior vena cava
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Transesophageal echocardiography
Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2012;volume=15;issue=4;spage=312;epage=314;aulast=Baloria

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