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Diagnostic challenges with transesophageal echocardiography for intraoperative iatrogenic aortic dissection: Role of epiaortic ultrasound by Daniel Rhoades; Sudhakar Subramani is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Diagnostic challenges with transesophageal echocardiography for intraoperative iatrogenic aortic dissection: Role of epiaortic ultrasound about?
Iatrogenic aortic dissection is a rare and serious complication of cardiac surgery with an incidence between 0.12% and 0.16%. Dissections involving an intimal flap can be detected using trans-esophageal echocardiography (TEE) with a sensitivity of 94%–100% and specificity of 77%–100%. Rarely, dissections can occur that are not detectable by TEE. There have been reports of iatrogenic dissection in the ascending aortic cannulation site; however, a dissection at the antegrade cardioplegia cannulation site is very rare. It also presents challenges associated with early diagnosis and appropriate intervention. We are describing a rare case of aortic dissection at the antegrade cardioplegia cannulation site in the proximal ascending aorta. The dissection was unable to be visualized with TEE initially, and required epi-aortic ultrasound to diagnose dissection in timely manner.
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- Author
- Daniel Rhoades; Sudhakar Subramani
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)