title: Pulmonary artery compression by a saphenous vein graft aneurysm and contrast echocardiography using an agitated mixture of ten percent air, ten percent blood, and ten percent saline.
abstract: This case illustrates the use of intravenous injection of an agitated mixture of 10% air, 10% blood, and 80% saline during intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in a patient with a saphenous vein graft aneurysm compressing the main pulmonary artery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
authors.forename: Doo-Soo
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.forename: Arnold
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003287:Contrast Media; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media