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ArticleCase reports in transplantation2019

Nontraditional Use of TEE to Evaluate Hepatic Vasculature and Guide Surgical Management in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation.

Narjeet Khurmi, Mitchell Seman, Brantley Gaitan, Scott Young, David Rosenfeld, Emmanouil Giorgakis, Winston Hewitt, Amit Mathur

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Article in Case reports in transplantation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Narjeet KhurmiDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1406-3339
Mitchell SemanDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.
Brantley GaitanDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.
Scott YoungDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.
David RosenfeldDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.
Emmanouil GiorgakisDepartment of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.
Winston HewittDepartment of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.
Amit MathurDepartment of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9215-2014

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Abstract

Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) during orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) is used to gather real-time information on cardiovascular function and intravascular volume status. We report a case where nonstandard TEE views were used to inspect the hepatic vasculature after allograft implantation. A 29-year-old male with secondary biliary cirrhosis with a MELD score of 20 underwent OLT using a liver from a 21-year-old brain-dead donor. Postreperfusion TEE, using the modified hepatic vein views, confirmed the presence of an inferior vena cava (IVC) suprahepatic anastomotic stenosis and hepatic vein and IVC thrombus resulting in hepatic venous outflow obstruction, allograft congestion, and hemodynamic instability. These nonstandard TEE images established the extent of suprahepatic caval outflow obstruction, in which intraoperative ultrasound was unable to definitively demonstrate. This guided real-time surgical decision-making in the postimplantation phase of the operation-ultimately leading to hepatic vein and IVC thrombectomy and revision of suprahepatic caval anastomosis.

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