Trial reportThe Annals of thoracic surgery2010
Initial experience with a miniaturized multiplane transesophageal probe in small infants undergoing cardiac operations.
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- Mini 3D transesophageal probe: technical advances and clinical applications.Cardiovascular ultrasound · 2025Review
- Continuous cerebral blood flow monitoring: What should we do with these extra numbers?BJA open · 2023Article
- Hemodynamic assessment of ventilated ICU patients with cardiorespiratory failure using a miniaturized multiplane transesophageal echocardiography probe.Intensive care medicine · 2015Article
- Preliminary evaluation of a microtransesophageal probe in neonates and young infants undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease.Annals of pediatric cardiology · 2014Article
- Accuracy of Intraoperative Epicardial Echocardiography in the Assessment of Surgical Repair of Congenital Heart Defects confirmed.Journal of cardiovascular echographyArticle
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purposeThere has been reluctance to use intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in small infants. We assessed the utility and safety of a new miniaturized multiplane micro-TEE probe in small infants undergoing cardiac operations. DESCRIPTION: Hemodynamic and ventilation variables were prospectively recorded before and after micro-TEE insertion and removal in infants weighing 5 kg or less undergoing cardiac operations. EVALUATION: The study included 42 patients with a mean weight of 3.6 +/- 0.9 kg (range, 1.7 to 5 kg). All probe insertions were successful. There were no complications or clinically significant changes in hemodynamic or ventilation variables. Information provided by TEE resulted in surgical revision in 6 of the 42 patients.
conclusionsThe micro-TEE provides high quality, useful diagnostic images without hemodynamic or ventilation compromise in small infants undergoing cardiac operations. This advance is important with the growing trend towards complete repair of complex structural heart disease in small infants.
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