title: [Usefullness of transesophageal echocardiography in early detection of coronary spasm].
abstract: Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was performed on a 62-year-old man who underwent abdominal aortic replacement for abdominal aortic aneurysm under general anesthesia combined with epidural anesthesia. Coronary artery spasm occurred after unexpected massive hemorrhage, and TEE showed hypokinesis in the posterior-inferior left ventricular wall. The changes in TEE preceded the ST elevation in the ECG. Bolus infusion of isosorbide dinitrate and continuous infusion of nitroglycerin alleviated these changes. TEE enabled us to detect and evaluate coronary spasm before the appearance of ST changes in ECG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sagara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haraguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isowaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged