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.
Giannini
Giovanni
G
Instituto do Coração, FMUSP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. giovannigiannini@cardiol.br
Grativvol
Petherson S
PS
Vieira
Marcelo L C
ML
Oliveira
Marcos de
Md
Lisboa
Luis A
LA
Oliveira
Sérgio A de
SA
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