[Usefulness of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography for pediatric patients with congenital heart disease]. 2004

Tatsuo Iwasaki, and Mamoru Takeuchi, and Katsunori Oe, and Naoyuki Taga, and Kiyoshi Morita
Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama 700-8558.

This report describes usefulness of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiograpy (TEE) based on 773 cases we experienced in 7 years. We assessed residual lesions, ventricular function and preload with TEE. We found a case with stenotic lesion in her lateral tunnel which TEE revealed after Fontan procedure. We also ensured that no micro air bubble was in the left ventricle and the left atrium before weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass. No patient suffered from convulsion during postoperative management after induction of intraoperative TEE examination though we had had some cases in the previous year. Respiratory compromise was observed in 3 cases (0.5%) and significant hemodynamic change occurred in 9 cases (1.3%). The conditions improved just after withdrawing TEE probe. Neither inadvertent tracheal extubation, nor serious complication occurred during TEE examinations. The incidence of complications during pediatric TEE is low and TEE examination is useful for pediatric patients with congenital heart disease.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007432 Intraoperative Period The period during a surgical operation. Intraoperative Periods,Period, Intraoperative,Periods, Intraoperative
D008297 Male Males
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006330 Heart Defects, Congenital Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life. Congenital Heart Disease,Heart Abnormalities,Abnormality, Heart,Congenital Heart Defect,Congenital Heart Defects,Defects, Congenital Heart,Heart Defect, Congenital,Heart, Malformation Of,Congenital Heart Diseases,Defect, Congenital Heart,Disease, Congenital Heart,Heart Abnormality,Heart Disease, Congenital,Malformation Of Heart,Malformation Of Hearts
D006348 Cardiac Surgical Procedures Surgery performed on the heart. Cardiac Surgical Procedure,Heart Surgical Procedure,Heart Surgical Procedures,Procedure, Cardiac Surgical,Procedure, Heart Surgical,Procedures, Cardiac Surgical,Procedures, Heart Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Cardiac,Surgical Procedure, Heart,Surgical Procedures, Cardiac,Surgical Procedures, Heart
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D014135 Tracheal Stenosis A pathological narrowing of the TRACHEA. Stenoses, Tracheal,Stenosis, Tracheal,Tracheal Stenoses

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