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Acute Myocardial Infarction During Transesophageal Echocardiography
Author(s) -
AL MOUSSARIH ABDALLAH,
DOUARD HERVE,
LAFITTE STEPHANE,
PAUL BROUSTET JEAN,
ROUDAUT RAYMOND
Publication year - 1999
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.1540-8175.1999.tb00107.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , angina , atrial fibrillation , sedation , surgery
We describe the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction during transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in a patient with atrial fibrillation and underestimated angina. Such a case has not been previously reported in the literature. This case illustrates one of the possible complications of TEE, leading us to suggest systematic sedation in patients with angina in whom TEE is envisaged.