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20532058

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has an important role during congenital heart surgery. TEE in small infants is associated with complications, including an inability to pass the TEE probe, esophageal trauma, airway compression, aortic compression, and interference with ventilation. Recently, a monoplane intravascular ultrasound catheter (IVUC) has been developed for intracardiac echocardiography. The efficacy of IVUC for transesophageal use has been shown in numerous animal studies and several human studies, but there have been few reports involving small infants using an IVUC probe. We examined 15 pediatric patients undergoing congenital cardiac surgery using an 8-Fr AcuNav IVUC probe. We checked the cardiac anatomy, cardiac function pre-operatively and de-aeration before weaning from CPB; the surgical repairs were evaluated post-operatively. Although the IVUC probe has limitations associated with the monoplane, we found the IVUC probe to be useful in small infants and safer than the TEE.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
2005-7563
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
58
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
480-4
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Intravascular ultrasound catheter for transesophageal echocardiography in congenital heart surgery -A case report-.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article