title: Monitoring myocardial recovery during induced hypothermia with a disposable monoplane TEE probe.
abstract: A 73 year old female with a history coronary artery bypass grafting and coronary stents had a witnessed cardiac arrest at home. She was transferred to an outside hospital and emergency heart catheterization revealed patent LIMA to LAD, stented grafts open, and no new culprit lesions. A temporary transvenous pacing wire was placed for bradycardia. She was transferred to the ICU where she was sedated and paralyzed for induction of hypothermia approximately five hours after the arrest. A miniaturized disposable TEE probe (Photo 1) was placed to allow ongoing monitoring of cardiac function and intravascular volume.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University, United States. chad.e.wagner@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Chad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fredi
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bick
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McPherson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic