Since the introduction of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to the operating room in the early 1980s,1-4 its effectiveness as a clinical monitor to assist in the hemodynamic management of patients during general anesthesia and its reliability to make intraoperative diagnoses during cardiac operations has been well established.5-26 In recognition of the increasing clinical applications and ...

The article presents two clinical cases of patients with a fatal outcome after coronavirus infection. first patient had sepsis and purulonecrotic phlegmon complication radiofrequency ablation the cavatricuspid isthmus. second one in form esophageal rupture middle third transesophageal echocardiography.

The current report describes a case of a primary cardiac lymphoma. For early and appropriate treatment of a cardiac mass it is not only important to determine its localization and extension but also to differentiate between malignant and benign lesions. This report demonstrates that not only transthoracic echocardiography but also the other different forms of echocardiography such as transesoph...

Cortriatriatum is a rare congenital cardiac disorder with fibromuscular band (diaphragm) dividing the left atrium (LA) into the proximal and distal parts. Surgical correction of cortriatriatum requires full preoperative evaluation of the structural anomalies including the LA diaphragm and their pathophysiology. In the present case, a 44 year-old lady diagnosed as cortriatriatum underwent surgic...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a relatively safe imaging modality used to visualize intracardiac thrombus. SUMMARY OF CASE We report on a unique, fatal complication during TEE of embolization of a pre-existing "smoking" left atrial thrombus causing acute bilateral internal carotid occlusion, confirmed on angiogram. CONCLUSIONS Patients with history of lung ...

We report three consecutive cases of patients who had refractory hypoxemia and paradoxical embolism during the course of pulmonary embolism. Transesophageal echocardiography showed an atrial septal aneurysm and a patent foramen ovale in all patients. The latter was detected by an early and massive passage of contrast from the right to the left atrium. We suggest that the presence of an atrial s...

We report the case of a man 67-years-old with right-to-left shunt through a patent foramen ovale in absence of pulmonary hypertension. The contrast and transesophageal echocardiography showed significant right-to-left shunt and provided insight about the mechanisms that cause it. The aortic root was enlarged compressing the right atrium. Surgical repair was performed, the foramen ovale was clos...

A 60-year-old male presented with renal failure and right coronary myocardial infarction. Transesophageal echocardiography showed many tumors (Fig. 1). Endoscopy showed multiple ectopic calcifications in a line on the mitral annulus (Fig. 2). Ectopic calcifications were removed and mitral valve annu-plasty was performed. Histopathologic examination confirmed these were dense calcifications. Fig...

AIM To report a case of serious ventricular arrhythmia during transesophageal echocardiography. METHODS AND RESULTS A 58-year-old woman with previous mitral and tricuspid valve replacement and permanent pacemaker implantation suffered from recurrent fever and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Transesophageal echocardiography was performed as part of the assessment for infective endocarditis. ...

To evaluate left-to-right shunts after percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty, we studied 15 consecutive patients by using transesophageal color Doppler flow-imaging system. Transesophageal color Doppler examinations were performed five times in each patient (before valvuloplasty and 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and 6 months after valvuloplasty). No shunt flow was observed before valvuloplasty. O...