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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:1725-1726
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Transesophageal echocardiography: not an innocuous procedure

William T. Brinkman, MDa, Jack S. Shanewise, MDb, Stephen D. Clements, MDc, Kamal A. Mansour, MD*a

a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Joseph B. Whitehead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
b Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
c Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Accepted for publication November 14, 2000.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Mansour, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Emory Clinic, 1365 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
e-mail: kmansour{at}emory.org

We report 3 patients who sustained intrathoracic esophageal perforations due to transesophageal echocardiography encountered during the past 2 years. Lack of suspicion of this complication led to delay in diagnosis. Surgical management led to survival of all 3 patients.




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