Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in a 1.4-kg infant with complex congenital heart disease

Pediatr Cardiol. 2003 Jan-Feb;24(1):84-5. doi: 10.1007/s00246-002-0239-8.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography, Doppler, Color*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intraoperative Care*