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Transesophageal Echocardiography Assisting in the Identification of Intraabdominal Bleeding During Cardiac Surgery

We present a case in which intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) helped detect intraabdominal bleeding, a rare complication in cardiac surgery. A patient undergoing ascending aortic aneurysm and aortic valve repair had increasing vasopressor and transfusion requirement during sternal...

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Autores principales: Mansoor, Asad, Singhal, Arun K, Hanada, Satoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10690072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38046715
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.48105
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Sumario:We present a case in which intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) helped detect intraabdominal bleeding, a rare complication in cardiac surgery. A patient undergoing ascending aortic aneurysm and aortic valve repair had increasing vasopressor and transfusion requirement during sternal closure with TEE imaging revealing a nonspecific, hypoechoic fluid-like collection anterior to the stomach. Discussion between the anesthesiology and surgical teams prompted further investigation including a diagnostic laparoscopy which confirmed the presence of intraabdominal bleeding. Hemostasis was later achieved after identifying the source of bleeding from a pre-peritoneal vein and associated peritoneal defect adjacent to a mediastinal chest tube placed earlier in the operation.