An Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiographic Artifact Mimicking a Tear in Left Ventricle Apex In a Case of Massive Pericardial Effusion

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Sep;33(9):2605-2607. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.05.026. Epub 2019 May 28.

Authors

Saravana Babu¹, Kiran Molli¹, Sabarinath Menon², Debabrata Gohain², Bijulal Sasidharan³, Thomas Koshy¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India.
² Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India.
³ Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India.

PMID: 31230965
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2019.05.026

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Artifacts*
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / adverse effects*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Ventricles / injuries
Heart Ventricles / surgery
Humans
Male
Monitoring, Intraoperative / adverse effects*
Monitoring, Intraoperative / methods
Pericardial Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
Pericardial Effusion / surgery