Alteration of surgical management following intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in a patient with mobile left atrial thrombi embolized during anesthesia.
This report describes alteration of surgical management in a patient with a large free-floating ball thrombus in the left atrium, which was embolized before sternotomy as demonstrated by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. Due to new findings observed by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, unnecessary sternotomy could be avoided.
Ha
Jong-Won
JW
Yonsei Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jwha@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
Chung
Namsik
N
Hong
Yong-Woo
YW
Kwak
Young-Ran
YR
Chang
Byung-Chul
BC
Cho
Seung-Yun
SY
D000758:Anesthesia; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017128:Embolectomy; D004617:Embolism / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*