ReviewCritical ultrasound journal2017
Transesophageal echocardiography in orthotopic liver transplantation: a comprehensive intraoperative monitoring tool.
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- Transesophageal echocardiography in cardiac arrest: why, how, when, and where in clinical practice.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2026Review
- The Effect of Perioperative Fluid Therapy on Postoperative Renal Functions in Patients Receiving Liver Transplantation from Living Donors: A Retrospective Observational Study.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
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- Impact of graft reperfusion on cardiac function assessed by transesophageal echocardiography during liver transplantation: an observational retrospective study.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2024Observational
- Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Simplifying the Procedure.Transplantation direct · 2024Review
- A Case of Difficult Arterial Cannulation: Is Intra-Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring an Absolute Requirement for Paediatric Liver Transplantation?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Using Transesophageal Echocardiography in Liver Transplantation with Veno-Venous Bypass Is a Tool with Many Applications: A Case Series from an Italian Transplant Center.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Article
- Impact of Perioperative Massive Transfusion on Long Term Outcomes of Liver Transplantation: a Retrospective Cohort Study.International journal of medical sciences · 2021Article
- Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography to Monitor for Pulmonary Emboli in a Pediatric Patient Undergoing Undifferentiated Embryonal Sarcoma of the Liver Resection.Case reports in anesthesiology · 2021Article
- Study of Early Postoperative Doppler Changes Post Living Donor Liver Transplantation and Their Impact on Early Mortality and Small-for-Size Syndrome: A Retrospective Study.International journal of general medicine · 2021Article
- Nontraditional Transesophageal Echocardiographic Views to Evaluate Hepatic Vasculature in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation and Liver Resection Surgery.Transplantation direct · 2020Article
- Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiogram evaluation for liver transplantation.Korean journal of anesthesiology · 2019Article
- Cardiac output measurement in liver transplantation patients using pulmonary and transpulmonary thermodilution: a comparative study.Journal of clinical monitoring and computing · 2019Observational
- Nontraditional Use of TEE to Evaluate Hepatic Vasculature and Guide Surgical Management in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.Case reports in transplantation · 2019Article
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- Utility of transesophageal echocardiography during orthotopic liver transplantation: A narrative review.Annals of cardiac anaesthesiaReview
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Abstract
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is a minimally invasive monitoring tool that can provide real-time visual information on ventricular function and hemodynamic volume status in patients undergoing liver transplantation. The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases states that transesophageal echocardiography should be used in all liver transplant candidates in order to assess chamber sizes, hypertrophy, systolic and diastolic function, valvular function, and left ventricle outflow tract obstruction. However, intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography can be used to "visualize" other organs too; thanks to its proximity and access to multiple acoustic windows: liver, lung, spleen, and kidney. Although only limited scientific evidence exists promoting this comprehensive use, we describe the feasibility of TEE in the setting of liver transplantation: it is a highly valuable tool, not only as a cardiovascular monitoring, but also as a tool to evaluate lungs and pleural spaces, to assess hepatic vein blood flow and inferior vena cava anastomosis and patency, i.e., in cases of modified surgical techniques. The aim of this case series is to add our own experience of TEE as a comprehensive intraoperative monitoring tool in the field of orthotopic liver transplantation (and major liver resection) to the literature.
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