Transesophageal echocardiography monitoring in the intensive care department: the management of hemodynamic instability secondary to thoracic tamponade after single lung transplantation.
A 65-year-old woman with pulmonary fibrosis had hemodynamic instability develop after single lung transplantation. Transesophageal echocardiography was useful in determining the cause of hemodynamic instability, which was secondary to thoracic tamponade. Furthermore, transesophageal echocardiography monitoring was important in the decision to initiate extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to evaluate adequate positioning of the cannula and in the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation weaning process.
Denault
André
A
Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street E, Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8, Canada. denault@videotron.ca
Ferraro
Pasquale
P
Couture
Pierre
P
Boudreault
Daniel
D
Babin
Denis
D
Poirier
Charles
C
Buithieu
Jean
J
D000368:Aged; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D015199:Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy