Transesophageal echocardiography instead or in addition to transthoracic echocardiography in evaluating haemodynamic problems in intubated critically ill patients
Author(s) -
Xiang Si,
Jie Ma,
Dai-Yin Cao,
Hailin Xu,
Ling-Yun Zuo,
Minying Chen,
Jianfeng Wu,
Xiangdong Guan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-5847
pISSN - 2305-5839
DOI - 10.21037/atm.2020.04.09
Subject(s) - medicine , critically ill , observational study , hemodynamics , prospective cohort study , radiology , cardiology , intensive care medicine
TEE as a feasible clinical tool is useful for critically ill surgical patients with hemodynamic instability, especially for the patients with inadequate TTE views. TEE instead or in addition to TTE could provide valuable information for diagnosis, which may bring significant therapeutic benefits.
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