title: Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in detecting changes in flow dynamics responsible for malperfusion phenomena observed during surgery of aortic dissection.
abstract: Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was performed in order to study the flow dynamics in the descending aorta during surgery of aortic dissection Stanford A. TEE was seen to be a sensitive and accurate method to promptly detect severe decrease in retrograde pump flow and to clarify some of the mechanisms that can result in malperfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kyo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokote
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Omoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D018619:Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged