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Prager R, Walser E, Balta KY, Anton Nikouline MD, Leeper WR, Vogt K, Parry N, Arntfield R. Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography during the acute resuscitation of trauma: A retrospective observational study. J Crit Care 2024; 79:154426. [PMID: 37757671 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Resuscitative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is an emerging POCUS modality that can be used to guide trauma resuscitation. METHODS Trauma patients who underwent TEE within 24 h of admission from 2013 to 2022 were prospectively identified. We retrospectively analyzed resuscitative TEE reports and patient charts in duplicate. RESULTS 29 providers performed TEE for 54 acute trauma patients. 28 (52%) died in hospital; 33 (61%) required operative intervention (<24 h). Median injury severity score was 29 [IQR 22-43]. The most common indications for TEE were hemodynamic instability (34, 63%), inadequate windows for transthoracic echocardiography (14, 26%) and cardiac arrest (11, 20%). There were no identified complications. A new diagnosis was made in 31 (57%) cases: most commonly right ventricular dysfunction (10, 19%), pericardial effusion (9, 17%), and hypovolemia (6, 11%). TEE ruled out major cardiac injury in 83% of cases. TEE changed resuscitative strategy, in 17 (32%) patients, diagnostic imaging approach in 6 (11%) patients, procedural or operative approach in 5 (9%) patients and disposition from the trauma bay in 4 (7%) patients. CONCLUSION Resuscitative TEE during acute trauma care has an additional diagnostic yield to existing diagnostic pathways and may impact definitive management for some patients in the trauma bay.
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- Ross Prager
- Western University, Division of Critical Care, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, 339 Windermere Road, P.O. Box 5339, Stn Z, London, ON N6A 5A5, United Kingdom.
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- Western University, Department of Surgery, Division of Critical Care Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, Trauma Program, Room E1-129, Victoria HospitalLondon Health Sciences Centre, 800 Commissioners Road, East PO Box 5010, London, ON N6A 5W9, United Kingdom.
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- Western University, Faculty of Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, 339 Windermere Road, P.O. Box 5339, Stn Z, London, ON N6A 5A5, United Kingdom.
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- Western University, Division of Emergency Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, Trauma Program, Room E1-129, Victoria HospitalLondon Health Sciences Centre, 800 Commissioners Road East, PO Box 5010, London, ON N6A 5W9, United Kingdom.
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- Western University, Department of Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, Trauma Program, Room E1-129, Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, 800 Commissioners Road East, PO Box 5010, London, ON N6A 5W9, United Kingdom.
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- Western University, Department of Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, Trauma Program, Room E1-129, Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, 800 Commissioners Road East, PO Box 5010, London, ON N6A 5W9, United Kingdom.
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- Western University, Department of Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre, Trauma Program, Room E1-129, Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, 800 Commissioners Road East, PO Box 5010, London, ON N6A 5W9, United Kingdom.
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- Western University, Division of Critical Care, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, 339 Windermere Road, P.O. Box 5339, Stn Z, London, ON N6A 5A5, United Kingdom.
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Ogino H, Iida O, Akutsu K, Chiba Y, Hayashi H, Ishibashi-Ueda H, Kaji S, Kato M, Komori K, Matsuda H, Minatoya K, Morisaki H, Ohki T, Saiki Y, Shigematsu K, Shiiya N, Shimizu H, Azuma N, Higami H, Ichihashi S, Iwahashi T, Kamiya K, Katsumata T, Kawaharada N, Kinoshita Y, Matsumoto T, Miyamoto S, Morisaki T, Morota T, Nanto K, Nishibe T, Okada K, Orihashi K, Tazaki J, Toma M, Tsukube T, Uchida K, Ueda T, Usui A, Yamanaka K, Yamauchi H, Yoshioka K, Kimura T, Miyata T, Okita Y, Ono M, Ueda Y. JCS/JSCVS/JATS/JSVS 2020 Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Aneurysm and Aortic Dissection. Circ J 2023; 87:1410-1621. [PMID: 37661428 DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-22-0794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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- Hitoshi Ogino
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
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- Cardiovascular Center, Kansai Rosai Hospital
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Nippon Medical School Hospital
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- Department of Cardiology, Mito Saiseikai General Hospital
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kansai Electric Power Hospital
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Morinomiya Hospital
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- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
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- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital
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- First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, Asahikawa Medical University
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- Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Otsu Hospital
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical College
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare
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- Department of General Medicine, IMSUT Hospital, the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nippon Medical School Hospital
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical University
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
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- Department of Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kobe Hospital
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- Cardiovascular Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center
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- Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Cardiovascular Center, Nara Prefecture General Medical Center
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
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Prager R, Bowdridge J, Pratte M, Cheng J, McInnes MDF, Arntfield R. Indications, Clinical Impact, and Complications of Critical Care Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Scoping Review. J Intensive Care Med 2023; 38:245-272. [PMID: 35854414 PMCID: PMC9806486 DOI: 10.1177/08850666221115348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Critical care transesophageal echocardiography (ccTEE) is an increasingly popular tool used by intensivists to characterize and manage hemodynamics at the bedside. Its usage appears to be driven by expanded diagnostic scope as well as the limitations of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) - lack of acoustic windows, patient positioning, and competing clinical interests (eg, the need to perform chest compressions). The objectives of this scoping review were to determine the indications, clinical impact, and complications of ccTEE. METHODS MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, and six major conferences were searched without a time or language restriction on March 31st, 2021. Studies were included if they assessed TEE performed for adult critically ill patients by intensivists, emergency physicians, or anesthesiologists. Intraoperative or post-cardiac surgical TEE studies were excluded. Study demographics, indication for TEE, main results, and complications were extracted in duplicate. RESULTS Of the 4403 abstracts screened, 289 studies underwent full-text review, with 108 studies (6739 patients) included. Most studies were retrospective (66%), performed in academic centers (84%), in the intensive care unit (73%), and were observational (55%). The most common indications for ccTEE were hemodynamic instability, trauma, cardiac arrest, respiratory failure, and procedural guidance. Across multiple indications, ccTEE was reported to change the diagnosis in 52% to 78% of patients and change management in 32% to79% patients. During cardiac arrest, ccTEE identified the cause of arrest in 25% to 35% of cases. Complications of ccTEE included two cases of significant gastrointestinal bleeding requiring intervention, but no other major complications (death or esophageal perforation) reported. CONCLUSIONS The use of ccTEE has been described for the diagnosis and management of a broad range of clinical problems. Overall, ccTEE was commonly reported to offer additional diagnostic yield beyond TTE with a low observed complication rate. Additional high quality ccTEE studies will permit stronger conclusions and a more precise understanding of the trends observed in this scoping review.
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- Ross Prager
- Division of Critical Care, Western University, Stn B. London, ON, Canada,Ross Prager, Critical Care Trauma Centre,
Victoria Hospital. Rm # D2-528 London Health Sciences Centre, 800 Commissioners
Rd. E, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Division of Critical Care, Western University, Stn B. London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Clinical Epidemiology Program, The Ottawa Hospital Research
Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Division of Critical Care, Western University, Stn B. London, ON, Canada
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Latif RK, Clifford SP, Ghafghazi S, Phipps Z, Chen JJ, Sangroula D, Khan AZ, Saleem J, Farah I, Huang J, Businger JR. Echocardiography and Management for Cardiac Trauma. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2022; 36:3265-3277. [DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Transesophageal Echocardiogram to the Rescue in Diagnosing Ascending Aortic Pseudoaneurysm: Reply. Anesthesiology 2020; 133:467-468. [DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000003396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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ZusammenfassungVerkehrsunfälle sind für den größten Teil der traumatischen Aortenrupturen verantwortlich, meist zusammen mit weiteren schweren Begleitverletzungen. Die prähospitale Sterblichkeit ist hoch. Bei Verdacht auf eine beteiligte Aortenverletzung, aufgrund eines hohen traumatic aortic injury scores, ist eine Computertomographie durchzuführen. Es erfolgt eine Triage der Verletzungen, und die Versorgungspriorität der Aorta richtet sich nach dem Schweregrad der Aorten- und Begleitverletzungen sowie dem Zustand des Patienten. Bis zur definitiven Versorgung der aortalen Läsion muss der Blutdruck konsequent gesenkt werden. Grad I und II können in Einzelfällen unter enger Kontrolle inital konservativ gemanagt werden. Grad III (gedeckte Ruptur) und Grad IV (freie Ruptur) benötigen eine raschestmögliche Versorgung (interventionell, chirurgisch). In ausgesuchten Fällen kann auch eine verzögerte Versorgung günstig sein.Als bevorzugte Versorgungsform hat sich die interventionelle Stentgrafttherapie etabliert.
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Zoulati M, Bakkali T, Aghoutane N, Lyazidi Y, Chtata H, Taberkant M. [Acute post-trauma dissection of the descending thoracic aorta]. JOURNAL DE MÉDECINE VASCULAIRE 2019; 44:367-373. [PMID: 31761303 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmv.2019.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/03/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Traumatic injury to the descending thoracic aorta other than the isthmus is rare, and little known. Acute post-trauma rupture may occur in a context of multiple or rarely unique localizations. CASE REPORT We report the case of a young man who was the victim of multiple injuries with an isolated rupture of the descending thoracic aorta. Early diagnosis and adapted endovascular treatment led to favorable outcome. CONCLUSION In 90% of cases, acute post-trauma rupture of the aorta in a single localization involve the isthmus. Rupture of the descending aorta is more exceptional but must not be missed. The pathophysiological mechanism and appropriate management are discussed in light of a review of the literature.
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- M Zoulati
- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohammed V, Hay Riad, Rabat, Maroc.
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- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohammed V, Hay Riad, Rabat, Maroc
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- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohammed V, Hay Riad, Rabat, Maroc
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- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohammed V, Hay Riad, Rabat, Maroc
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- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohammed V, Hay Riad, Rabat, Maroc
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- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital militaire d'instruction Mohammed V, Hay Riad, Rabat, Maroc
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Zhou XY, Xu J. Misdiagnosed coronary artery disease-acute aortic syndrome: A case report. Chin J Traumatol 2018; 21:243-245. [PMID: 30017541 PMCID: PMC6085229 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjtee.2018.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2017] [Revised: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 04/07/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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It is estimated that 15% of traffic accidents cause trauma to large vessels. In about 70%-95% of cases, aortic rupture took place in the distal ligament of the left subclavian artery, whereas in the remaining cases rupture occurred in the ascending aorta above the aortic valve. Trauma to the aortic sinus and coronary arteries is rarely found in traffic accident victims. Therefore, coronary artery trauma is often misdiagnosed as coronary atherosclerotic heart disease. The present case is a 42 years old male who survived from a traffic accident. He presented with aortic sinus and left coronary artery trauma. He was misdiagnosed as having coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, and therefore wrongly given antiplatelet medicine, such as aspirin, in another hospital. Definite diagnosis was achieved in our hospital, and the patient underwent Bentall and mitral valve replacement, as well as tricuspid valvuloplasty. The aortic occlusion time during surgery was 47 min, and the total cardiopulmonary bypass time was 63 min. After surgery, transthoracic echocardiography confirmed that all the artificial valves worked sufficiently. The patient felt good and symptoms such as asthma and decreased exercise tolerance disappeared. This case taught us that acute aortic syndrome cannot be ignored when patients present with pectoralgia; antiplatelet medication should not be given before definite diagnosis.
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- Xiao-Yu Zhou
- Third Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Third Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
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Kumar A, Kumar B, Kumar R. Traumatic transection of descending thoracic aorta: A rare cause of pulmonary vein obstruction. Ann Card Anaesth 2018; 21:293-296. [PMID: 30052219 PMCID: PMC6078015 DOI: 10.4103/aca.aca_195_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pulmonary vein obstruction is rare condition characterized by challenging diagnosis and unfavorable prognosis at advanced stage. Computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) are often essential to reach a final diagnosis. External compression of pulmonary vein resulting from the mass effect of pseudoaneurysm and perianeurysmal hematoma due to aortic transection is extremely rare. We describe a case of traumatic transection of descending thoracic aorta where TEE was instrumental in the diagnosis of left upper pulmonary vein obstruction and help in the modification of the surgical plan.
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- Alok Kumar
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Eghbalzadeh K, Sabashnikov A, Zeriouh M, Choi YH, Bunck AC, Mader N, Wahlers T. Blunt chest trauma: a clinical chameleon. Heart 2017; 104:719-724. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-312111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/03/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The incidence of blunt chest trauma (BCT) is greater than 15% of all trauma admissions to the emergency departments worldwide and is the second leading cause of death after head injury in motor vehicle accidents. The mortality due to BCT is inhomogeneously described ranging from 9% to 60%. BCT is commonly caused by a sudden high-speed deceleration trauma to the anterior chest, leading to a compression of the thorax. All thoracic structures might be injured as a result of the trauma. Complex cardiac arrhythmia, heart murmurs, hypotension, angina-like chest pain, respiratory insufficiency or distention of the jugular veins may indicate potential cardiac injury. However, on admission to emergency departments symptoms might be missing or may not be clearly associated with the injury. Accurate diagnostics and early management in order to prevent serious complications and death are essential for patients suffering a BCT. Optimal initial diagnostics includes echocardiography or CT, Holter-monitor recordings, serial 12-lead electrocardiography and measurements of cardiac enzymes. Immediate diagnostics leading to the appropriate therapy is essential for saving a patient’s life. The key aspect of the entire management, including diagnostics and treatment of patients with BCT, remains an interdisciplinary team involving cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, imaging radiologists and trauma specialists working in tandem.
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Transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of the trauma patient: A trauma resuscitation transesophageal echocardiography exam. J Crit Care 2017; 40:202-206. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Revised: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Du WH, Wang X, Xiong XQ, Li T, Liang HP. Role of speckle tracking imaging in the assessment of myocardial regional ventricular function in experimental blunt cardiac injury. Chin J Traumatol 2017; 18:223-8. [PMID: 26764544 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjtee.2014.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the usefulness and information collecting ability of speckle tracking imaging techniques in the assessment of myocardial regional ventricular contractility in a rabbit model with blunt cardiac injury. METHODS Fifteen healthy New Zealand rabbits weighing (2.70 ±0.28) kg were anesthetized (3% pentobarbital sodium/i.v) and impacted using the BIM-II biological impact machine to induce myocardial contusion (MC). Hemodynamic parameters, such as heart rate, systolic pressure, mean arterial pressure, diastolic pressure and central venous pressure, were determined before and after MC. Further, parameters reflecting left ventricular functions, such as left ventricular end systolic pressure, left ventricular end diastolic pressure, isovolumic pressure (IP) and the maximal increasing/decreasing rate of left intraventricular pressure (±dp/dtmax), were also determined before and after MC. Left ventricular functions were determined either by two dimensional transthoracic echocardiography or by speckle tracking imaging for segmental abnormal ventricular wall motions. RESULTS Heart rate, systolic pressure, diastolic pressure and mean arterial pressure decreased significantly but transiently, while central venous pressure markedly increased after MC. In contrast to significant changes in diastolic functions, there was no significant change in cardiac systolic functions after MC. The speckle tracking imaging demonstrated that strain values of different myocardial segment significantly decreased post impact, and that of the ventricular segment decreased from segment to segment. CONCLUSION Speckle tracking imaging is useful and informative to assess myocardial regional dysfunctions post MC.
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- Wen-Hua Du
- State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns, and Combined Injury, Department of Ultrasound, Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, the Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 40042, China
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Gerstein NS, Jinkins LJ, Nguyen LC, Maus TM, Dettmer TS, Deriy L. Atypical echocardiographic findings in traumatic aortic transection. Echocardiography 2016; 34:124-127. [PMID: 27699853 DOI: 10.1111/echo.13398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Aortic rupture and transection are constituents of the acute aortic syndrome. Injury to the thoracic aorta during motor vehicle crashes is associated with blunt chest trauma and rapid deceleration mechanisms. Type A dissections and/or rupture of the aorta at the level of the aortic isthmus are the more common presentations of aortic injuries associated with motor vehicle crashes. We present the case of atypical echocardiographic findings of a nearly complete circumferential transection of the proximal ascending aorta injury after a motorcycle crash.
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- Neal S Gerstein
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California - San Diego Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, San Diego, California
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of California - San Diego Medical Center and Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, San Diego, California
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Karalis DG, Tortella BJ, Chandrasekaran K. Role of Transesophageal Echocardiography in Blunt Chest Trauma. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/108925320200600210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Patients who suffer blunt chest trauma are at risk for injury to the heart, and the thoracic aorta and its branch vessels. Unrecognized injury to the heart or aorta may lead to life threatening complications. Therefore, the physician caring for the trauma patient must be able to accurately and rapidly diagnose cardiac and thoracic aortic injury. Transesophageal echocardiography is an ideal tool to diagnose cardiac and aortic injury in the patient with blunt chest trauma because it provides high quality images of the heart and thoracic aorta and can safely and rapidly be performed in the emergency department, operating suite or intensive care unit. To utilize transesophageal echocardiography most effectively, the echocardiographer must be familiar with the indications, limitations, and piffalls of transesophageal echocardiography in patients with blunt chesttrauma. This review describes the role of transesophageal echocardiography in evaluating the patient with blunt chest trauma for cardiac, thoracic aortic, and mediastinal injury.
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- Dean G. Karalis
- Division of Cardiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia PA; Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia, 227 North Broad Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19107
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In the busy emergency department, time-effective and accurate diagnostic and prognostic evaluation is essential Although clinical examination remains the mainstay of appropriate evaluation, remaining diagnostic uncertainty may need to be resolved by use of additional techniques. Echocardiography appears very well suited to the unique environment in the emergency department. It is portable to the patient's bedside, can be performed in minimal time, and results are immediately available. This facilitates correct triage and disposition of complicated cases. Small, hand-carried echocardiography systems have been developed with full imaging and Doppler capabilities. Thus, availability of echocardiography is increasing. Because both image acquisition and interpretation are operator-dependent, realization of full diagnostic potential requires extensive training and post-training experience to maintain proficiency.
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- J M Van Dantzig
- Department of Cardiology, Catharaine Ziekenhuis, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Alric P, Berthet JP, Branchereau P, Veerapen R, Marty-Ané CH. Endovascular Repair for Acute Rupture of the Descending Thoracic Aorta. J Endovasc Ther 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/15266028020090s209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Purpose: To report the endovascular treatment of acute descending thoracic aortic rupture as an alternative to open surgery in high-risk patients. Methods: Between November 1999 and April 2001, 10 patients (7 men; median age 75 years) underwent endovascular stent-grafting of the descending thoracic aorta for acute rupture from an aneurysm (n = 7) or blunt trauma (n = 3). All patients were evaluated as high operative risk. The aortic rupture was associated with isolated mediastinal hematomas (n = 7), left hemothorax (n = 2), or aortobronchial fistula (n = 1). The Excluder Thoracic Endoprosthesis was used predominantly. Results: The mean interval to the endovascular repair was 45.3 ± 28.4 hours. All stent-grafts were successfully deployed. Two patients required common iliac artery access, and 2 needed covered stents for iatrogenic iliac artery rupture. There was 1 postoperative death (myocardial infarction) and no renal failure, neurological complications, embolization, stent-graft migration, or perigraft leak. One patient died 4 months later from an unrelated cause. At a mean follow-up of 7.9 ± 5.1 months, all aneurysms and rupture sites were excluded with no evidence of endoleak or hematoma. Conclusions: Endoluminal treatment is a feasible technique for the management of acute rupture of the descending thoracic aorta. Long-term studies are required to assess the effectiveness and durability of this technique in comparison to open repair.
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- Pierre Alric
- Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France
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- Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France
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- Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France
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Utility of ultrasound in resuscitation. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rcae.2015.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pérez-Coronado JD, Franco-Gruntorad GA. Utilidad de la ecografía en reanimación. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rca.2015.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Multimodality Imaging of Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta in Adults: From the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2015; 28:119-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 409] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Utility of ultrasound in resuscitation☆. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1097/01819236-201543040-00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Erbel R, Aboyans V, Boileau C, Bossone E, Bartolomeo RD, Eggebrecht H, Evangelista A, Falk V, Frank H, Gaemperli O, Grabenwöger M, Haverich A, Iung B, Manolis AJ, Meijboom F, Nienaber CA, Roffi M, Rousseau H, Sechtem U, Sirnes PA, Allmen RSV, Vrints CJM. 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases: Document covering acute and chronic aortic diseases of the thoracic and abdominal aorta of the adult. The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J 2014; 35:2873-926. [PMID: 25173340 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2843] [Impact Index Per Article: 284.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Khouzam RN, Al-Mawed S, Farah V, Mizeracki A. Next-Generation Airbags and the Possibility of Negative Outcomes Due to Thoracic Injury. Can J Cardiol 2014; 30:396-404. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2014.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Revised: 01/04/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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[Traumatic injuries of the descending thoracic aorta apart from the isthmus: diagnosis and therapeutic approach]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 32:799-802. [PMID: 24161295 DOI: 10.1016/j.annfar.2013.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lesions involving the descending thoracic aorta apart from isthmus are rare and less known by anesthetists. We report the clinical course of two severely injured patients who sustained a thoracic aortic rupture in whom favorable outcome was achieved with endovascular treatment. Mechanisms, diagnosis and therapeutics aspects of these rare lesions are discussed according to literature.
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Reeves ST, Finley AC, Skubas NJ, Swaminathan M, Whitley WS, Glas KE, Hahn RT, Shanewise JS, Adams MS, Shernan SK. Special article: basic perioperative transesophageal echocardiography examination: a consensus statement of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. Anesth Analg 2013; 117:543-558. [PMID: 23966648 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3182a00616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Scott T Reeves
- From the Medical University of South Carolina (S.T.R., A.C.F.); Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (N.J.S.); Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (M.S.); Brigham's and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (S.K.S.); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (W.S.W., K.E.G.); Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York (R.T.H., J.S.S.); and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (M.S.A.)
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Reeves ST, Finley AC, Skubas NJ, Swaminathan M, Whitley WS, Glas KE, Hahn RT, Shanewise JS, Adams MS, Shernan SK. Basic Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography Examination: A Consensus Statement of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2013; 26:443-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Denguir R, Frikha I, Kaouel K, Abdennadher M, Ziadi J, Jemel A, Ben Mrad M, Kallel S, Derbel B, Gueldiche M, Ghédira F, Mlaïhi S, Masmoudi S, Kalfat T, Menif J, Ben Omrane S, Karoui A, Khayati A. [Management of traumatic aortic rupture. About 37 cases]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 38:13-21. [PMID: 23313022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmv.2012.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2012] [Accepted: 11/24/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to review our experience in the management of traumatic rupture of the aortic isthmus, to evaluate the results of surgery and endovascular exclusion and to develop an adequate therapeutic strategy based on the existence and severity of associated injuries. MATERIAL A series of 37 patients presenting posttraumatic aortic rupture associated with other severe lesions was collected from 2000 to 2012. There were 33 males and four females, mean age 38 years. In this series, 25 patients underwent surgical treatment and 12 endovascular exclusion. RESULTS Six patients died during or after surgery. Overall mortality was 16% (24% in the surgery group). The postoperative period was uneventful in all patients treated with the endovascular procedure. Postoperative computed tomography controls at one week, 1 month and 12 months showed good positioning of the stent without endoleakage. CONCLUSION Traumatic aortic rupture is often the result of a severe high-energy chest trauma. Other serious injuries are often associated. Results of immediate surgical repair are associated with high morbidity and mortality. The advent of endovascular treatment has revolutionized the treatment of traumatic aortic rupture, especially in patients with a high surgical risk.
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- R Denguir
- Service de chirurgie cardiovasculaire, hôpital La Rabta, université Tunis El Manar, 1007 Jabbari, Tunis, Tunisie.
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Wenhua D, Xiuqin X, Weimin Z. Doppler tissue energy and stress echocardiography in the diagnosis of myocardial contusion in canines. Cell Biochem Biophys 2011; 62:383-9. [PMID: 22065256 DOI: 10.1007/s12013-011-9311-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We sought to evaluate the significance of Doppler tissue energy (DTE) and stressed echocardiography for diagnosing myocardial contusion (MC) in canines. Ten adult healthy dogs were anesthetized (3% pentobarbital sodium/i.v.) and impacted by BIM-II biological impact machine to induce MC. Conventional and stressed echocardiographies were used for segmental abnormal ventricular wall motions; DTE was also used to detect the abnormal ventricular wall motions and areas of injured myocardial fibers after MC, and the results were compared with those of triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining. The data show that both conventional and stressed echocardiographies identified ventricular wall segmental abnormal motions or even aneurysms. These segments were mainly distributed over the front and middle interventricular walls and anterolateral ventricular wall. The ventricular wall motion scoring and wall motion segment index (WMSI) increased remarkably after MC induction. Compared with TTC staining, the conventional echocardiography showed 100% sensitivity and 66.67% specificity, whereas the stressed echocardiography displayed 100% sensitivity and 88.89% specificity. DTE showed both the sensitivity and specificity of 100% for MC diagnosis. Thus, DTE has higher specificity than conventional and stressed echocardiographies. In conclusion, both DTE and stress echocardiography have higher clinical value for MC diagnosis in canines.
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- Du Wenhua
- Department of Ultrasound, Daping Hospital and Research Institute of Surgery, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 40042, China
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Metaxa V, Tsagourias M, Matamis D. The role of echocardiography in the early diagnosis of the complications of endovascular repair of blunt aortic injury. J Crit Care 2011; 26:434.e7-12. [PMID: 21255968 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2010] [Revised: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 11/21/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE Endovascular repair of traumatic aortic injury has been associated with severe procedural complications, including endoleaks, coverage of the left subclavian artery, stent collapse, access complications, and questionable durability. Echocardiography has proven to be a valuable tool in the intraoperative detection of these complications. In the current study, we report on the use of echocardiography as an early postoperative diagnostic technique for the evaluation of endovascular stent graft positioning in the intensive care setting. METHODS From January 2005 to January 2009, 14 patients who underwent endovascular repair of a blunt aortic injury were admitted in our intensive care unit. Transesophageal and/or transthoracic echocardiography were used as first-line diagnostic tools in the assessment of the endovascular graft position. RESULTS Twenty-eight percent of patients (4 of 14) developed a pressure gradient between upper and lower limbs (greater than 50 mm Hg), which presented with persistent hypertension, requiring antihypertensive therapy in high doses and difficult weaning. In all 4 patients, stent graft malposition was identified using echocardiography. The diagnosis was verified by computed tomography and aortography. CONCLUSION Noninvasive echocardiographic monitoring proved to be a valuable tool in the early diagnosis of postoperative stent graft malalignment. To our knowledge, this is the first time that echocardiography is described in the relevant literature as an early diagnostic technique in this setting.
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- Victoria Metaxa
- Intensive Care Unit, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Evangelista A, Flachskampf FA, Erbel R, Antonini-Canterin F, Vlachopoulos C, Rocchi G, Sicari R, Nihoyannopoulos P, Zamorano J, Pepi M, Breithardt OA, Plonska-Gosciniak E. Echocardiography in aortic diseases: EAE recommendations for clinical practice. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY 2010; 11:645-58. [PMID: 20823280 DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Arturo Evangelista
- Servei de Cardiologia, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, P degrees Vall d'Hebron 119, 08035 Barcelona, Spain.
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Fikar CR, Fikar R. Aortic dissection in childhood and adolescence: an analysis of occurrences over a 10-year interval in New York State. Clin Cardiol 2010; 32:E23-6. [PMID: 19322890 DOI: 10.1002/clc.20383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Rarely occurring in the pediatric and adolescent population, aortic dissection is a condition with many predisposing factors. Previous studies have suggested that congenital cardiovascular disorders are the most common predisposing conditions. Trauma-associated aortic dissection is considered a rare occurrence. METHODS The Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System database of New York State was used to retrieve cases of aortic dissection in persons < or = 21 years old over a 10-year period. A retrospective analysis for risk or associated conditions was undertaken. RESULTS Forty-five of a total of 12,142 cases of aortic dissection (0.37%) occurred in persons < or = 21 years old. No patient was younger than 15 years of age. Six of the 45 died (13%). Most patients were male (37 of 45, or 82%). Contrary to previous reports, the most common associated condition was trauma (19 of 45, or 42%), with Marfan syndrome the second most common (11 of 45, or 24%). Ten of 45 adolescent and young adult patients (22%) had no apparent risk factors. CONCLUSIONS Traumatic aortic disruptions must be considered in children and adolescents who survive serious chest trauma. Family members of pediatric and young adult patients with trauma-associated aortic dissection may need to be evaluated for possible risk of aortic dissection.
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- Charles R Fikar
- Caritas Health Care/Mary Immaculate Hospital, Woods Health Sciences Library, Jamaica, New York 11432, USA.
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Nicolaou G. Endovascular treatment of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2009; 13:106-12. [PMID: 19617250 DOI: 10.1177/1089253209339218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury (BTTAI) is a lethal injury associated with a prehospital mortality of 80% to 90%. Patients arriving in the emergency room and considered appropriate to undergo emergency open surgical repair still have a mortality rate of 15% to 30% because of severe associated injuries. Conventional open surgical repair requires a left thoracotomy, single lung ventilation, aortic-cross clamping and unclamping, with or without the adjunct use of partial or full cardiopulmonary bypass and systemic heparinization. All this leads to significant physiological stress and surgical trauma resulting in perioperative complications such as major blood loss, coagulopathy, myocardial infarction, stroke, respiratory failure, renal failure, bowel infarction, and paraplegia. Despite advances in anesthesia, critical care medicine, and surgical techniques, a recent meta-analysis showed no definite improvement in operative mortality over the past decade, following open surgical repair in patients with BTTAI. Endovascular repair of BTTAI does not require a thoracotomy, single lung ventilation, aorticcross clamping and unclamping, or systemic heparinization. As a result, endovascular repair of BTTAI has emerged as an effective, minimally invasive treatment alternative, especially in patients with severe concomitant injuries, which may be prohibitive to open surgical repair. Recent published studies have shown that endovascular repair of BTTAI is associated with lower morbidity, mortality, stroke, and paraplegia/paraparesis rates, when compared with open surgical repair of BTTAI.
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- Georghios Nicolaou
- Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
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Mahmood F, Christie A, Matyal R. Transesophageal echocardiography and noncardiac surgery. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2008; 12:265-89. [PMID: 19033272 DOI: 10.1177/1089253208328668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for monitoring during cardiac and noncardiac surgery has increased exponentially over the past few decades. TEE has evolved from a diagnostic tool to a monitoring device and a procedural adjunct. The close proximity of the TEE transducer to the heart generates high-quality images of the intracardiac structures and their spatial orientation. The use of TEE in noncardiac and critical care settings is not well studied, and the evidence of the benefits of its use in these settings is lacking. Despite the widespread availability of TEE equipment in US hospitals, less than 30% of anesthesiologists are formally trained in the use of perioperative TEE. In this review, the safety and indications of TEE are reviewed and detailed analysis of the best available evidence in this regard is presented. Landmark trials evaluating the use of TEE and its therapeutic impact in noncardiac surgical setting are critically reviewed. This article details recommendations to familiarize anesthesiologists with TEE technology to exploit it to its fullest potential to achieve better patient monitoring standards and eventually improve outcome. Training of greater numbers of anesthesiologists in TEE is needed to increase awareness of the indications and contraindications. Until relatively inexpensive TEE equipment is available, the initial cost of equipment acquisition remains a significant prohibitive factor limiting its widespread use.
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- Feroze Mahmood
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Yeates TM, Zimmerman JM, Cahalan MK. Perioperative echocardiography: two-dimensional and three-dimensional applications. Anesthesiol Clin 2008; 26:419-435. [PMID: 18765215 DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2008.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Perioperative echocardiography is an essential skill for today's cardiac anesthesiologist and a driving force for innovation and accomplishment for the future of the subspecialty. Real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT3-D TEE) will dominate the future practice of perioperative echocardiography, but transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) will grow in application, as will contrast echocardiography. Hand-held ultrasonongraphs will rival current machines in capabilities and make it possible for TTE to become the stethoscope of the future for cardiac anesthesiologists.
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- Tyler M Yeates
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132-2304, USA
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El-Chami MF, Nicholson W, Helmy T. Blunt Cardiac Trauma. J Emerg Med 2008; 35:127-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2005] [Revised: 05/16/2006] [Accepted: 10/02/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hainer C, Böckler D, Bernhard M, Scheuren K, Stein KM, Rauch H, Martin E, Weigand MA. [Blunt traumatic aortic injury: importance of transesophageal echocardiography]. Anaesthesist 2008; 57:262-8. [PMID: 18270674 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-008-1334-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Traumatic injury of the aorta can be a fatal complication of blunt thoracic trauma and if it is survived and diagnosed, surgery will be necessary. A prerequisite is a prompt imaging diagnosis of the injury in order to plan an optimal therapeutic procedure for the patient, depending on the severity of the injury. Digital angiography has now been replaced by non-invasive methods, such as computer tomography (CT) or transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). Using TEE it is possible to carry out a staging of the injury and this classification together with the corresponding clinical symptoms determines the therapeutic treatment regime. In many cases a staged treatment is standard procedure. In addition to the establishment of an adequate blood pressure (for prophylaxis of the open rupture), monitoring during the course of treatment may be necessary. The main advantage of TEE is that the examination of these mostly multiple traumatised patients can be carried out at the bedside. This review describes the use of TEE as a diagnostic tool in the early phase and for continuous monitoring of an initially conservative treatment regime.
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- C Hainer
- Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120, Heidelberg.
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injuries: Changing Perspectives. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 64:1415-8; discussion 1418-9. [DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e3181715e32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lesèche G, Alsac JM, Castier Y. Rupture aiguë post-traumatiquede l’isthme aortique. JOURNAL DE CHIRURGIE 2008; 145:115-21. [PMID: 18645550 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-7697(08)73719-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- G Lesèche
- Service de chirurgie vasculaire, thoracique et transplantation pulmonaire, hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, AP-HP, Université Paris-7, Denis-Diderot - Paris.
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Amirghofran AA, Mollazadeh R, Kojuri J. Aortic aneurysm, dissection, or rupture: which one? J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2008; 21:877.e1-3. [PMID: 18222639 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A 16-year-old boy was brought to the clinic because of persistence of vomiting. The only positive point was a history of an uneventful car accident 3 months earlier. Chest computed tomography scan showed aneurysmal structure obliterating the esophagus. Further delineation of the aortic anatomy with transesophageal echocardiography disclosed it as pseudoaneurysm of aorta. He was taken to the operating department where the rupture of aortic isthmus with a large pseudoaneurysm was discovered. The torn segment was excised and was replaced with a prosthetic graft.
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- Ahmad Ali Amirghofran
- Cardiac Surgery Department, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, Iran
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Nagueh SF, Peters PJ. Echocardiography. Crit Care Med 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-032304841-5.50010-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Vieillard-Baron A, Slama M, Cholley B, Janvier G, Vignon P. Echocardiography in the intensive care unit: from evolution to revolution? Intensive Care Med 2007; 34:243-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00134-007-0923-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2007] [Accepted: 09/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chumnanvej S, Wood MJ, MacGillivray TE, Melo MFV. Perioperative echocardiographic examination for ventricular assist device implantation. Anesth Analg 2007; 105:583-601. [PMID: 17717209 DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000278088.22952.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are systems for mechanical circulatory support of the patient with severe heart failure. Perioperative transesophageal echocardiography is a major component of patient management, and important for surgical and anesthetic decision making. In this review we present the rationale and available data for a comprehensive echocardiographic assessment of patients receiving a VAD. In addition to the standard examination, device-specific pre-, intra-, and postoperative considerations are essential to the echocardiographic evaluation. These include: (a) the pre-VAD insertion examination of the heart and large vessels to exclude significant aortic regurgitation, tricuspid regurgitation, mitral stenosis, patent foramen ovale, or other cardiac abnormality that could lead to right-to-left shunt after left VAD placement, intracardiac thrombi, ventricular scars, pulmonic regurgitation, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism, and atherosclerotic disease in the ascending aorta; and to assess right ventricular function; and (b) the post-VAD insertion examination of the device and reassessment of the heart and large vessels. The examination of the device aims to confirm completeness of device and heart deairing, cannulas alignment and patency, and competency of device valves using two-dimensional, and color, continuous and pulsed wave Doppler modalities. The goal for the heart examination after implantation should be to exclude aortic regurgitation, or an uncovered right-to-left shunt; and to assess right ventricular function, left ventricular unloading, and the effect of device settings on global heart function. The variety of VAD models with different basic and operation principles requires specific echocardiographic assessment targeted to the characteristics of the implanted device.
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- Siriluk Chumnanvej
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Khalil A, Helmy T, Tarik T, Porembka DT. Aortic pathology: aortic trauma, debris, dissection, and aneurysm. Crit Care Med 2007; 35:S392-400. [PMID: 17667464 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000270276.01938.c0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The aorta is a conduit from the left ventricle that delivers pulsatile blood distally in either a compliant or stiffened vessel to organs and tissue beds. Only recently, since the advent of transesophageal echocardiographic imaging, did its presence and associated pathologies become more profound and more prominent for the intensivist. Angiography, the "gold standard" for diagnostic imaging, now seems to be in question since the advent of ultrasound (transesophageal echocardiography), improvements in magnetic resonance imaging, and particularly the advancement to 64-slice computed tomography. It is now a revelation of how revealing these newer imaging tools have expanded our knowledge potential of pathologies that involve the aorta. The latter three imaging modalities are continuing to improve, with established efficacy, particularly in the critically ill and injured patient. This article will enlighten the intensivist and others of their potential and contrast each imaging device in several prominent pathologies common to the critical care physician. The disadvantages of all will be brought forth. Evidence will be presented revealing the dynamic nature of imaging technologies that will continue to affect the outcome of our patients. The most common indications for interrogation of the aorta are in traumatic events in which there might be a catastrophic transection, intimal tear or flap, or subadventitial tear. The identification of hematomas (by these imaging devices) in the mediastinum might be associated with significant physical forces, and this article will show the relevance. The significance of atherosclerotic plaques, ulcers, and debris will also be debated. Finally, imaging of a patient with aortic dissection or aneurysm will be discussed, as its pathology and pathogenic process are well known, and the changing nature or paradigm shift in the imaging of this life-threatening disease will be addressed.
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- Ahmed Khalil
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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Stemper BD, Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Brasel KJ. Multiple subfailures characterize blunt aortic injury. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 62:1171-4. [PMID: 17495720 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31804d4950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Blunt aortic injuries result from rapid deceleration of the thorax as may occur during automotive impacts and falls from extreme heights. Pathological findings can range from failure of specific vessel layers to immediate vessel wall rupture. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the sequence of local structural events that may lead to aortic wall disruption. METHODS Fourteen porcine aorta specimens were opened to expose the intima and longitudinally distracted until rupture. Longitudinal mechanics were quantified and subfailures were identified. Histology was used to examine internal layer subfailure. RESULTS Videography demonstrated that subfailures propagated into complete vessel wall rupture. Subfailures occurred before complete vessel rupture in 93% of specimens. Intimal and medial subfailures were present at 74% of the stress and 82% of the strain to rupture. Multiple subfailures were evident in 79% of specimens. CONCLUSION Present results supported the clinical theory that nonimmediate death as a result of blunt aortic injury is commonly caused by propagation of lesser lesions, initiating on the intimal layer, into complete vessel rupture including the adventitial layer. This finding, along with histologic evidence of subfailure pathological findings, confirms the presence of an acute window during which recognition and initiation of permissive hypotension may be lifesaving.
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- Brian D Stemper
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, USA.
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Gavelli G, Napoli G, Bertaccini P, Battista G, Fattori R. Imaging of Thoracic Injuries. Emerg Radiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68908-9_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Josephs SA. The Use of Current Hemodynamic Monitors and Echocardiography in Resuscitation of the Critically Ill or Injured Patient. Int Anesthesiol Clin 2007; 45:31-59. [PMID: 17622829 DOI: 10.1097/aia.0b013e31811ed44b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Sean A Josephs
- Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0531, USA.
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The majority of patients presenting to a primary care physician with acute chest pain will have non-life-threatening etiologies. Nevertheless, catastrophic cause of chest pain such as ACS, AD, PE, esophageal perforation, and pericarditis must be considered in the differential diagnosis. Often, these deadly conditions have atypical clinical presentations that must be recognized. Furthermore, the physical examination can be deceptively benign in patients harboring a catastrophic etiology of chest pain. By identifying these atypical presentations, recognizing the utility of the physical examination, and understanding of the limitations of traditional diagnostic imaging, primary care physicians can effectively diagnose patients who have life-threatening cause of acute chest pain.
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- Michael E Winters
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 110 South Paca Street, 6th Floor, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
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Cinnella G, Dambrosio M, Brienza N, Tullo L, Fiore T. Transesophageal echocardiography for diagnosis of traumatic aortic injury: an appraisal of the evidence. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 57:1246-55. [PMID: 15625457 DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000133576.35999.00] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND An overview of the validity of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in patients suspected to have traumatic aortic injury (TAI). METHODS Computerized bibliographic search of trials from 1994 to 2002 evaluating the use of TEE to confirm the diagnosis of TAI. Seven relevant studies out of 204 were identified, involving 758 patients. The accuracy of TEE was analyzed by constructing summary receiver-operating characteristic (sROC) curves and computing areas under the sROC curve. RESULTS No prospective randomized trial was found. Although accuracy varied greatly, summary ROC curve found that TEE enjoyed a high diagnostic performance. Some study characteristics can affect accuracy. CONCLUSIONS Our findings seems to indicate that TEE is a valuable tool for diagnosing TAI, and its use as first-line evaluation of such patients can be supported; however, given the lack of randomized trials, no standard of care can be drawn from the present overview: future studies should look at this problem more carefully, and should be methodologically rigorous.
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- Gilda Cinnella
- Departments of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
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Most adults in the United States will experience an episode of back pain at some point during their lifetime. Most will present to their primary care physician for evaluation and treatment. Many patients have non-life-threatening etiologies and recover within 4 to 6 weeks. A small percentage, however, have back pain due to a potentially life-threatening emergency. AD,rupturing AAA, SEM, cauda equina syndrome, vertebral osteomyelitis,and SEA are just some of the medical emergencies that can present with back pain. Clinical suspicion for these diagnoses begins with a thorough history and physical examination. It is imperative that the office-based physician search for and accurately identify any red flag within the history or physical examination. Appropriate laboratory studies and diagnostic imaging are obtained based on the suspected etiology.
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- Michael E Winters
- Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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