Occlusion of the right subclavian artery after insertion of a transoesophageal echocardiography probe in a neonate.
We present a case of occlusion of the right arm's blood supply in a neonate with a lusorian artery, a rare anomaly of the right subclavian artery, after insertion of a transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) probe and discuss the impact of a lusorian artery on intraoperative TOE monitoring.
Koinig
Herbert
H
Departments of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. koinig@univie.ac.at
Schlemmer
Michael
M
Keznickl
Franz P
FP
D000792:Angiography; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology