title: Transesophageal echocardiographic identification of a malpositioned extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannula.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 15261, USA.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Jafar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mankad
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Keenan
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Martich
mesh_terms: 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*