Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in detecting changes in flow dynamics responsible for malperfusion phenomena observed during surgery of aortic dissection

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Apr 15;79(8):1149-52. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00070-2.

Abstract

Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was performed in order to study the flow dynamics in the descending aorta during surgery of aortic dissection Stanford A. TEE was seen to be a sensitive and accurate method to promptly detect severe decrease in retrograde pump flow and to clarify some of the mechanisms that can result in malperfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / physiopathology*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Dissection / physiopathology*
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery
  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Female
  • Femoral Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Femoral Artery / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged