Successful use of transesophageal echocardiography during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in infants after cardiac operations

B Marcus; J B Atkinson; P C Wong; A C Chang; W J Wells; G G Lindesmith; V A Starnes

doi:10.1016/S0022-5223(95)70306-3

Successful use of transesophageal echocardiography during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in infants after cardiac operations

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1995 May;109(5):846-8. doi: 10.1016/S0022-5223(95)70306-3.

Authors

B Marcus¹, J B Atkinson, P C Wong, A C Chang, W J Wells, G G Lindesmith, V A Starnes

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California School of Medicine 90027, USA.

PMID: 7739242
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(95)70306-3

Abstract

We report the use of transesophageal echocardiography in infants after cardiac operations while supported on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. In all patients transesophageal echocardiography provided valuable information when standard transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation was limited by poor acoustic windows. This report describes the application of transesophageal echocardiography during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after cardiac operations.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Child, Preschool
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male