Transesophageal echocardiographic identification of a malpositioned extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannula.
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.
Katz
W E
WE
Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 15261, USA.
Jafar
M Z
MZ
Mankad
S
S
Keenan
R J
RJ
Martich
G D
GD
D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*