title: Unusual structural abnormality in a biplane transesophageal transducer with normal imaging function.
abstract: We encountered a case of an unusual structural abnormality in a biplane transesophageal echocardiography transducer. One of the steel wires making up the flexion cable responsible for anterior flexion was ruptured with one end piercing through the sheath, and this defect did not affect the imaging function of the transducer. Measures to detect this defect should be incorporated into the routine care of the transesophageal transducer.
authors.affiliation: University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Burwash
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D004869:Equipment Safety; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014159:Transducers