Intraoperative Monitoring of Pulmonary Artery Physiology With Transesophageal Echocardiography in a Patient With an Extensive Pulmonary Aneurysm Undergoing Partial Nephrectomy

A A Case Rep. 2016 Sep 1;7(5):108-11. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000359.

Abstract

Surgical patients with pulmonary hypertension present a significant challenge to the anesthesiologist. Continuous perioperative monitoring of pulmonary artery (PA) pressure is recommended and most often accomplished with a PA catheter. Placement of a PA catheter may be difficult or contraindicated, and in these cases, transesophageal echocardiography is a useful alternative to monitor dynamic PA physiology. In this case, we used intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography to detect changes in peak PA pressure and guide clinical treatment in a patient with pulmonary hypertension and an extensive PA aneurysm undergoing partial nephrectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aneurysm / surgery
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative / methods*
  • Nephrectomy / adverse effects
  • Nephrectomy / methods*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery