Intraoperative Echocardiography By a New Miniaturized Epicardial Probe
| Autor: | Valentino Martelli, Pietro A. Abbruzzese, Giorgio M. Aru, Angelo Cherchi, Alessandro Ricchi, Gabriele Cardu, Luigi Meloni |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Heart Diseases Transducers Epicardial echocardiography Monitoring Intraoperative Internal medicine medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Cardiac Surgical Procedures Child Aged Adult patients business.industry Infant Equipment Design Middle Aged Cardiac surgery Intraoperative echocardiography Echocardiography Cardiology Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Echocardiography. 10:351-358 |
| ISSN: | 1540-8175 0742-2822 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1993.tb00046.x |
| Popis: | Miniaturized probes constitute recent progress in the field of epicardial echocardiography. We recently used a new miniaturized probe, derived from a standard transesophageal probe, in a series of 12 adult patients who underwent cardiac surgery in order to test the possibility of obtaining new views for epicardial imaging. This study demonstrates the feasibility and safety of performing intraoperative echocardiography when using a miniaturized epicardial probe. This probe may be placed on a broader epicardial and vascular area, thus overcoming the size limitations of the commonly used epicardial probes. The major limitation found with the miniaturized probe, however, was the inability to obtain a true four-chamber view from the ventricular apex, due to the difficulty of holding the probe motionless between the apex and the diaphragm while the heart is beating. Although extensive experience with larger groups of patients and different pathologies will be required to define the full potential of this new probe, the advent of the miniaturized probe may further expand the applicability of epicardial echocardiography in pediatric patients during surgery for congenital heart disease. |
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