Intraoperative three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography for evaluating an unusual structure in the left ventricular outflow tract: a case report / 대한마취과학회지
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
;
: 505-508, 2015.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-44488
ABSTRACT
Intraoperative three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) facilitates an understanding of the complex cardiac pathology that is not fully delineated in a two-dimensional (2D) echocardiographic evaluation, and it suggests earlier and more precise surgical planning and intraoperative decision making. In the present case, the intraoperative 2D-TEE midesophageal long-axis view indicated a significant narrowing of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) area by a band-like structure that vertically traversed the middle of the LVOT and connected to the anterior mitral leaflet base and the interventricular septum. However, additional 3D-TEE images of the LVOT and their cropped and rendered 2D images showed that web-like tissue, which presumably had grown around the patch closure from a previous atrioventricular septal defect, was obstructing the LVOT partially.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pathology
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Echocardiography
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Echocardiography, Transesophageal
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Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
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Decision Making
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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