Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in a 1.4-kg infant with complex congenital heart disease.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2003
Abstract
The lower weight limit for infants undergoing intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) with current commercially available probes has not been determined. A review of the literature reveals that infants as small as 1.6 kg have been studied successfully. This report describes the first intraoperative TEE reported in a 1.4-kg infant during truncus arteriosus/interrupted aortic arch repair. Successful pre- and postoperative images of the cardiac abnormality were obtained. Probe insertion was performed in this small patient after predilating the esophagus with a 14-F suction catheter.
Volume
24
Issue
1
First Page
84
Last Page
85
ISSN
0172-0643
Published In/Presented At
Mart, C. R., Fehr, D. M., Myers, J. L., & Rosen, K. L. (2003). Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in a 1.4-kg infant with complex congenital heart disease. Pediatric cardiology, 24(1), 84–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-002-0239-8
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
12574985
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article