title: Continuous intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography during pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis revealing dynamic change in chamber size.
abstract: We review a case of a 50-year-old man with diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis, who underwent pericardial stripping with continuous intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). This patient demonstrates the immediate dynamic changes in chamber size after successful surgical removal of pericardium as demonstrated by TEE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kasravi
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: P Anthony
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Chandraratna
mesh_terms: D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging