Open AccessInterrogation of superior vena cava by deep transgastric transesophageal echocardiography imaging: Clinical applications
Author(s) -
Nishant Ram Arora,
Madan Mohan Maddali,
Charanjit Kaur
Publication year - 2022
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/aca.aca_63_21
Subject(s) - medicine , interrogation , superior vena cava , radiology , vena cava , cardiology , archaeology , history
The advantages of intraoperative deep transgastric interrogation by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) of the superior vena cava (SVC) in comparison to the standard bicaval view was studied in pediatric cardiac surgical cases. The view was found to be helpful in obtaining additional data in pediatric cardiac surgical patients.