THE DETECTION OF CORONARY OSTIAL LESIONS BY INTRAOPERATIVE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY - REPORT OF A CASE

Authors
WATANABE T NIIMI Y MORITA S HOSODA Y
Citation
T. Watanabe et al., THE DETECTION OF CORONARY OSTIAL LESIONS BY INTRAOPERATIVE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY - REPORT OF A CASE, SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 25(7), 1995, pp. 646-648
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY → ACNP
ISSN journal
09411291
Volume
25
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
646 - 648
Database
ISI
SICI code
0941-1291(1995)25:7<646:TDOCOL>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a valuable diagnostic tool f or providing clear images of the proximal coronary arteries. We descri be herein the case of an elderly man in whom dissection and an atheros clerotic plaque in the proximal coronary arteries were demonstrated by TEE during combined coronary artery bypass grafting and aortic valve replacement. Thus, retrograde cardioplegia was employed, whereby traum a to the coronary ostia was avoided.