title: Could transesophageal echocardiography be useful in selected cases during liver surgery resection?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although only limited scientific evidence exists promoting the use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in non cardiac surgery, several recent studies have documented its usefulness during liver surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the present case study, through the use of color Doppler TEE, compression of the inferior vena cava and the right hepatic vein was clearly evident, as was their restoration after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TEE should be encouraged in patients undergoing liver resection, not only for hemodynamic monitoring, but also for its ability to provide information about the anatomy of the liver, its vessels, and inferior vena cava patency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Udine, P.le S. M. della Misericordia 15, 33100 Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vetrugno
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Udine, P.le S. M. della Misericordia 15, 33100 Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: Livia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pompei
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Udine, P.le S. M. della Misericordia 15, 33100 Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: Ester
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zearo
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Udine, P.le S. M. della Misericordia 15, 33100 Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Della Rocca
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D007479:Iopamidol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; C057937:iomeprol; D007479:Iopamidol
keywords: Hemodynamic monitoring; Hepatic angioma; Liver surgery; Transesophageal echocardiography