Open AccessPreliminary evaluation of a microtransesophageal probe in neonates and young infants undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease
Author(s) -
Sreeja Pavithran,
Kanagarajan Natarajan,
Bijesh Vishwambaran,
Avinash Arke,
Kothandam Sivakumar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.140829
Subject(s) - medicine , heart disease , pediatrics , disease , surgery , cardiology
The larger size of the currently available transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) probes limits their use to relatively older infants undergoing cardiac surgery. In very young neonates and infants, epicardial echocardiogram is used to assess postoperative residual defects. Recently, a miniaturized microTEE probe compatible in neonates has been introduced for clinical use. We evaluated the use of this probe in small infants undergoing cardiac surgery.