Open AccessTechnology: An aid to clinical judgement
Author(s) -
Radhika Govindasamy,
Palaniappan Manickam,
Ganesh Gopalakrishnan,
S Muralidharan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.109771
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary bypass , renal cell carcinoma , ventricle , diaphragm (acoustics) , thrombus , thrombosis , cardiology , radiology , intensive care medicine , surgery , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
Complete removal of renal cell tumor with thrombus which extends above the diaphragm often necessitates use of cardiopulmonary bypass. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) can play an important role in delineating the extent of tumor growth. We describe a patient with renal cell carcinoma with thrombosis invading into the right ventricle and its complete removal with the aid of TEE.