title: Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram using an intracardiac ultrasound catheter in a congenital heart surgery: a case report.
abstract: Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during cardiac surgery is a routine procedure. The use of pediatric TEE probes is limited in small infants weighing less than 5 kg. Recent reports have shown the safety of monoplane intravascular ultrasound catheters in transesophageal echocardiograms. This report describes the case of a newborn with total anomalous pulmonary venous return who underwent cardiac surgery. A pre- and postbypass TEE examination was performed, with successful visualization of the cardiac anatomy and function and no complications.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Cardiology Department, Hospital São João EPE, Porto, Portugal, patriciapereira.costa@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Areias
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Sousa
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D057785:Catheters; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007432:Intraoperative Period