Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography detects a sheared catheter wire and alters surgical approach in a Jehovah's Witness patient undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
Peng
Yong G
YG
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0254, USA. ypeng@anest.ufl.edu
Thomas
Jennifer J
JJ
Gravenstein
Nikolaus
N
Martin
Tomas D
TD
D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity