UNUSUAL STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITY IN A BIPLANE TRANSESOPHAGEAL TRANSDUCER WITH NORMAL IMAGING FUNCTION

Authors
CHAN KL BURWASH I
Citation
Kl. Chan et I. Burwash, UNUSUAL STRUCTURAL ABNORMALITY IN A BIPLANE TRANSESOPHAGEAL TRANSDUCER WITH NORMAL IMAGING FUNCTION, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 11(3), 1998, pp. 310-312
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography → ACNP
ISSN journal
08947317
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
310 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0894-7317(1998)11:3<310:USAIAB>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We encountered a case of an unusual structural abnormality in a biplan e transesophageal echocardiography transducer. One of the steel wires making up the flexion cable responsible for anterior flexion was ruptu red with one end piercing through the sheath, and this defect did not affect the imaging function of the transducer. Measures to detect this defect should be incorporated into the routine care of the transesoph ageal transducer.