Background: Hemodynamic monitoring is frequently needed in ventilated patients with unstable hemodynamics after open-heart surgery. Novel miniaturized single-use transesophageal echocardiographic probe has been scarcely used in this clinical setting. Case presentation: A patient who underwent a scheduled open-heart surgery developed a ventilator-associated pneumonia and was referred to the intensive care unit for post-operative acute respiratory distress syndrome. Hemodynamic monitoring was performed with a single-use indwelling transesophageal echocardiography probe during 50 h. Initially, a contrast study depicted a patent foramen ovale with a right-to-left shunt. Nitric oxide was administered and positive end-expiration pressure was reduced. Subsequently, the patient became hemodynamically unstable and the identification of a localized tamponade due to compressive left atrial hematoma prompted reoperation. Conclusions: The novel hemodynamic monitoring device described here appears valuable to help identifying severe post-operative complications and guide acute care.
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Begot, E., Clavel, M., Piccardo, A., Bellier, R., François, B., Pichon, N., & Vignon, P. (2015). Hemodynamic monitoring using a single-use indwelling transesophageal echocardiography probe in an unstable patient after open-heart surgery. BMC Medical Imaging, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12880-015-0070-3
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