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CASE 1-2003. The use of intraoperative echocardiography during insertion of ventricular assist devices
- Source :
- Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia. 17(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) assists in the intraoperative decision-making process during cardiac anesthesia and cardiac surgery. Mechanical ventricular support may be necessary to support the circulatory system temporarily or serve as a bridge to heart transplantation. A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is most commonly used.1 Biventricular failure necessitates the use of an LVAD along with a right ventricular assist device (RVAD) to form a biventricular assist device (BIVAD) (Fig 1). TEE plays a vital role in evaluating effective mechanical assistance of the circulation.1-3 This case describes a BIVAD placement in a patient and shows the roles and limitations of TEE in this scenario.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Myocardial Infarction
law.invention
law
Internal medicine
Monitoring, Intraoperative
medicine
Cardiopulmonary bypass
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
Derivation
Myocardial infarction
Heart-Assist Devices
Heart transplantation
business.industry
Middle Aged
equipment and supplies
medicine.disease
Cardiac surgery
Surgery
Right Ventricular Assist Device
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Ventricular assist device
cardiovascular system
Cardiology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
human activities
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10530770
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f984d4a02c03bfb2b4f769a99a944a58