Use of the monoplane intracardiac imaging probe in high-risk infants during congenital heart surgery.
Imaging options are limited in high-risk infants with small or abnormal oropharyngeal anatomy during congenital heart surgery.


METHODS
All cases in which the monoplane intracardiac echo probe was used for transesophageal intraoperative imaging over a 15-month period at a single institution were reviewed.


RESULTS
Eleven patients underwent intraoperative imaging using the intracardiac probe. Patient weight ranged from 1.96 kg to 4 kg. Adequate images of the anatomy relevant to the surgical repair were obtained in all cases. No adverse events related to probe use occurred.


CONCLUSIONS
Transesophageal echocardiography using the monoplane intracardiac echo probe provides safe and effective imaging in patients who are not candidates for standard transesophageal echocardiography.
Drinker
Lisa R
LR
The Duke Children's Heart Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Camitta
Michael G W
MG
Herlong
James Rene
JR
Miller
Stephen
S
Lodge
Andrew J
AJ
Jaggers
James
J
Barker
Piers C A
PC
D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014159:Transducers; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods