title: Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography assessment of right atrial myxoma resulting in a change of the surgical plan.
abstract: Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is an important diagnostic tool. It provides structural and functional assessment of cardiac structures which can improve the overall outcome of the patient. We present a case with right atrial myxoma in which TEE helped to find the attachment of the mass so that overall surgical plan was changed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sathish Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Dharmalingam
authors.forename: Raj
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sahajanandan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*