A novel view for visualizing a left pulmonary artery thromboembolus with intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.
Visualization of thromboembolic material in the pulmonary artery is often difficult on transesophageal echocardiography, especially in the left pulmonary artery, because of the position of the left main bronchus. We present a case in which thromboembolic material within the midleft pulmonary artery was incidentally diagnosed using additional, modified transesophageal echocardiography views, in a patient undergoing mitral valve repair.
Nowak
Martina
M
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Shernan
Stanton K
SK
Eltzschig
Holger K
HK
Rosenberger
Peter
P
D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional