Visualization of acute pulmonary emboli by transesophageal echocardiography.
This report describes a patient who became hypoxic and hypotensive while awaiting cardiac surgery. An urgent transesophageal echocardiogram in the operating room showed a mass at the junction of the main and right pulmonary arteries consistent with thrombus. The thrombus was removed surgically, and the patient then had a successful aortic valve replacement. Transesophageal echocardiography is therefore useful in the evaluation of the critically ill patient.
Klein
A L
AL
Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44106.
Stewart
W C
WC
Cosgrove
D M
DM
Mick
M J
MJ
Salcedo
E
E
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*