Transesophageal echocardiographic identification of a malpositioned extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannula

J Heart Lung Transplant. 1995 Jul-Aug;14(4):790-2.

Abstract

Transesophageal echocardiography identified malposition of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation venous cannula across the interatrial septum into the left atrium and the presence of a clot within the cannula's lumen. Transesophageal echocardiography also guided the withdrawal of the cannula into the inferior vena cava.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Catheters, Indwelling
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / instrumentation*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnostic imaging
  • Graft Rejection / diagnostic imaging
  • Graft Rejection / therapy*
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Obstructive / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases, Obstructive / therapy*
  • Lung Transplantation*
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy*