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Ann Thorac Surg 1994;58:235-236
© 1994 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Transesophageal echocardiography in the postoperative child with an open sternum

Barry Marcus, MD*, Pierre C. Wong, MD, Winfield J. Wells, MD, George G. Lindesmith, MD, Vaughn A. Starnes, MD

Divisions of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California USA

Accepted for publication October 14, 1993.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Marcus, Division of Pediatrie Cardiology, Box 34, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027.

We report the use of transesophageal echocardiography in 3 children whose sternums remained open for several days postoperatively. In these patients transesophageal echocardiography provided critical information when transthoracic echocardiography was ineffective due to limited acoustic windows. This report points out the application of transesophageal echocardiography in children with chest wall distortion.






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