AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION DURING A TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PROCEDURE IN A PATIENT WITH LEFT-VENTRICULAR PSEUDOANEURYSM

Authors
SASTRY BKS KRISHNA RN VENKATESHWAR RG RATNAKER KS JAISHANKAR S RAJU BS
Citation
Bks. Sastry et al., AN UNUSUAL COMPLICATION DURING A TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PROCEDURE IN A PATIENT WITH LEFT-VENTRICULAR PSEUDOANEURYSM, Echocardiography, 11(1), 1994, pp. 51-54
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
07422822
Volume
11
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
51 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
0742-2822(1994)11:1<51:AUCDAT>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a safe semiinvasive procedur e with almost negligible mortality. We report a death during TEE proce dure in, a patient with unsuspected left ventricular pseudoaneurysm.