Trial reportIntensive care medicine2013
A pilot study on safety and clinical utility of a single-use 72-hour indwelling transesophageal echocardiography probe.
Trial report in Intensive care medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 32 papers.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
ImaCor II Effects of Hemodynamic Monitoring Using the ImaCor Single Use Transesophageal Echocardiography Probe in Critically Ill Patients - a Randomized Controlled Trial
Rate of Left Ventricular Systolic Function's Recuperation After Cardiac Surgery With Extracorporeal Circulation.
Observational Prospective Transesophageal Myocardial Ultrasound Survey
Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.
- Continual hemodynamic monitoring with a single-use transesophageal echocardiography probe in critically ill patients with shock: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Intensive care medicine · 2019Trial
- The Emerging Role and Clinical Utility of Transnasal Transesophageal Echocardiography.Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) · 2026Review
- Transesophageal echocardiography in cardiac arrest: why, how, when, and where in clinical practice.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2026Review
- Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Critical Care.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2025Review
- Point-of-Care Transesophageal Echocardiography in Emergency and Intensive Care: An Evolving Imaging Modality.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Continuous monitoring of left ventricular function in postoperative intensive care patients using artificial intelligence and transesophageal echocardiography.Intensive care medicine experimental · 2024Article
- Automatic assessment of left ventricular function for hemodynamic monitoring using artificial intelligence and transesophageal echocardiography.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2024Article
- Indications, Clinical Impact, and Complications of Critical Care Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Scoping Review.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2023Article
- Continuous cardiac output assessment or serial echocardiography during septic shock resuscitation?Annals of translational medicine · 2020Review
- Hemodynamic monitoring using trans esophageal echocardiography in patients with shock.Annals of translational medicine · 2020Review
- The value of a superior vena cava collapsibility index measured with a miniaturized transoesophageal monoplane continuous echocardiography probe to predict fluid responsiveness compared to stroke volume variations in open major vascular surgery: a prospective cohort study.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2020Article
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- Alternatives to the Swan-Ganz catheter.Intensive care medicine · 2018Review
- Diagnostic workup, etiologies and management of acute right ventricle failure : A state-of-the-art paper.Intensive care medicine · 2018Review
- POCUS in perioperative medicine: a North American perspective.Critical ultrasound journal · 2017Article
- The ICM research agenda on critical care ultrasonography.Intensive care medicine · 2017Review
- Ten reasons for performing hemodynamic monitoring using transesophageal echocardiography.Intensive care medicine · 2017Article
- Incidence Proportion of Acute Cor Pulmonale in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Subjected to Lung Protective Ventilation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2017Article
- A sneak peek into digital innovations and wearable sensors for cardiac monitoring.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2017Review
- Hemodynamic monitoring in the era of digital health.Annals of intensive care · 2016Article
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Authors and funding
9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the hemodynamic monitoring capability and safety of a single-use miniaturized transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) probe left in place in ventilated critically ill patients.
methodsThe probe was inserted in 94 patients and designed to be left in place for up to 72 h. Three views were obtained: the superior vena caval transverse, the mid-esophageal four-chamber, and the transgastric mid-papillary short-axis views. Observational data on the feasibility of insertion, complications, image quality, and influence on management were recorded and analyzed.
resultsNo failure of probe insertion was observed. The nasogastric tube had to be removed in 17 % of cases. Image quality was judged as adequate or optimal in 91/94 (97 %) of cases in the superior vena caval view, 89/94 (95 %) of cases in the four-chamber view, and 86/94 (91 %) of cases in the short-axis view. The duration of monitoring was 32 ± 23 h, allowing 2.8 ± 1.6 hemodynamic evaluations per patient that led to a mean of 1.4 ± 1.5 therapeutic changes per patient. Among the 263 hemodynamic assessments, 132 (50 %) had a direct therapeutic impact in 62 patients (66 %). Two patients developed lip ulceration from the probe, and two patients had self-limited gastric bleeding.
conclusionThe single-use miniaturized probe could be inserted in all patients. Image quality was acceptable in the majority of cases, and the information derived from the device was useful in making management decisions in patients with hemodynamic failure on ventilatory support. Further studies are needed to confirm the good tolerance and to compare the new device with other hemodynamic monitoring techniques.
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