Use of a miniaturized transesophageal echocardiographic probe in the intensive care unit for diagnosis and treatment of a hemodynamically unstable patient after aortic valve replacement

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2012 Feb;26(1):95-7. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.01.016. Epub 2011 Mar 27.

Authors

Chad E Wagner¹, Julian S Bick, Benjamin H Webster, John H Selby, John G Byrne

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37212, USA. Chad.e.wagner@vanderbilt.edu

PMID: 21441039
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.01.016

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / instrumentation*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods
Hemodynamics / physiology
Humans
Intensive Care Units*
Male
Miniaturization / instrumentation*
Treatment Outcome