Transesophageal echocardiography: Not an innocuous procedure

Authors
Brinkman, WT Shanewise, JS Clements, SD Mansour, KA
Citation
Wt. Brinkman et al., Transesophageal echocardiography: Not an innocuous procedure, ANN THORAC, 72(5), 2001, pp. 1725-1726
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
ISSN journal
00034975 → ACNP
Volume
72
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1725 - 1726
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(200111)72:5<1725:TENAIP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We report 3 patients who sustained intrathoracic esophageal perforations du e to transesophageal echocardiography encountered during the past 2 years. Lack of suspicion of this complication led to delay in diagnosis. Surgical management led to survival of all 3 patients. (C) 2001 by The Society of Th oracic Surgeons.