USEFULNESS OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH HEMODYNAMIC DETERIORATION LATE AFTER CARDIAC-SURGERY

Authors
SCHOEBRECHTS B HERREGODS MC VANDEWERF F DEGEEST H
Citation
B. Schoebrechts et al., USEFULNESS OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH HEMODYNAMIC DETERIORATION LATE AFTER CARDIAC-SURGERY, Chest, 104(5), 1993, pp. 1631-1632
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
104
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1631 - 1632
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1993)104:5<1631:UOTEIP>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Two patients with large pericardial thrombi following cardiac surgery presented as having right cardiac tamponade. Transesophageal echocardi ography (TEE) identified a large pericardial hematoma compressing the right atrium and was well tolerated by these critically ill patients. These case reports demonstrate the diagnostic value of TEE in the iden tification of this severe complication in the late postoperative perio d.