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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:866
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, MD, PhD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, 200 West Arbor Dr, MC Suite 8892, San Diego, CA 92103, USA

Gerald R. , JrManecke, MD

Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Diego, 200 West Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103, USA

pthistlethwaite@ucsd.edu
gmanecke@ucsd.edu

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Emergency pulmonary embolectomy is often performed within a short time frame from diagnosis, without extensive preoperative workup, with the surgeon focusing on the removal of clot from one area: the large pulmonary arteries. In the above study, Rosenberger and associates provide evidence that transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a useful adjunct to planning operative strategy and guiding the surgical approach to acute embolism in the chest.

Those of us using TEE routinely for cardiac operations do so believing that its benefits far outweigh its relatively low . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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