Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in septal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
We report the case of a patient with septal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy undergoing surgical correction in which the use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography permitted the planning of the surgical approach and an immediate knowledge of the surgical outcome.
Instituto do Coração, FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. giovannigiannini@cardiol.br
Giovanni
G
Giannini
Petherson S
PS
Grativvol
Marcelo L C
ML
Vieira
Marcos de
Md
Oliveira
Luis A
LA
Lisboa
Sérgio A de
SA
Oliveira
D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology