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Transesophageal Echocardiography and Concurrent Coronary Angiography for the Rapid Assessment of Papillary Muscle Rupture
Author(s) -
KOZLOWSKI CHRISTOPHER M.,
DOROGY MARK E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1994.tb01045.x
Subject(s) - medicine , papillary muscle , cardiology , radiology , myocardial infarction , cardiac catheterization , angiography , coronary angiography
Echocardiography with color flow imaging is valuable for identifying mechanical complications of myocardial infarction. Transesophageal echocardiography is useful for critically ill patients in whom transthoracic imaging is often insufficient. A case of papillary muscle rupture is presented in which transesophageal echocardiography was performed concurrently with coronary angiography. The detailed information obtained from two‐dimensional and color flow imaging eliminated the need for diagnostic right heart catheterization and left ventriculography. Transesophageal echocardiography used in this manner can facilitate expeditious surgical management. papillary muscle, transesophageal echocardiography, myocardial infarction