The transesophageal echocardiography probe: an unusual source of pulmonary venous obstruction

World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2011 Oct 1;2(4):662-3. doi: 10.1177/2150135111413614.

Abstract

We present a newborn patient who had surgical correction of supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair with an unusual cause of residual postoperative pulmonary venous obstruction secondary to compression from the transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) probe.

Keywords: TAPVC; congenital heart surgery; echocardiography; pulmonary vein obstruction.