title: Transesophageal echocardiography monitoring in the intensive care department: the management of hemodynamic instability secondary to thoracic tamponade after single lung transplantation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, 5000 Belanger Street E, Montreal, Quebec H1T 1C8, Canada. denault@videotron.ca
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Denault
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ferraro
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Couture
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boudreault
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Babin
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poirier
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buithieu
mesh_terms: 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