An Unrecognized Contraindication to Transesophageal Echocardiographic Probe Placement: The Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery

David A Apatov; Jessica L Spellman; Hiroo Takayama; Mark J Heath

doi:10.1016/j.case.2020.07.003

An Unrecognized Contraindication to Transesophageal Echocardiographic Probe Placement: The Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery

CASE (Phila). 2020 Aug 5;4(5):448-451. doi: 10.1016/j.case.2020.07.003. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Authors

David A Apatov¹, Jessica L Spellman¹, Hiroo Takayama², Mark J Heath¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York.

No abstract available

Keywords: Aberrant right subclavian artery; Arterioesophageal fistula; Thoracic outlet obstruction; Transesophageal echocardiography; Vascular anomaly.

Publication types

Case Reports