title: [Trans-esophageal echocardiography in non-cardiac surgery: report of four illustrating cases].
abstract: Transesophageal echocardiography can assess ventricular filling ana contraction ana detect motility disturbances secondary to ischemia. In non-cardiac surgery it can be extremely helpful to monitor complex patients. We report a 69-year-old mole subjected to a hepatic lobectomy, a 59-year-old mole with hepatorenal syndrome, a 52-year-old female subjected to a gastric bypass, and a 54-year-old mole subjected to a thyroidectomy. In these four cases, left ventricular motility and preload were evaluated with transesophageal echocardiography, and it was of great aid in decision-making during anesthesia.
authors: División de Anestesiología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
authors: Verónica
authors: V
authors: Mertz K
authors: Mario
authors: M
authors: Concha P
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*