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Identification of a retained intravascular wire by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.

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Tokarz, SR; Aktas, MK; Kroening, D; Sawyer, TJ; Daubert, JP; Huang, DT; Schwarz, KQ
Published in: Echocardiography
April 2009

A 78-year-old man with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for ischemic cardiomyopathy and prior ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation presented with abdominal pain and was found to have a small bowel obstruction requiring immediate surgery. His postoperative course was complicated by incessant VT leading to multiple ICD shocks. He was referred to our hospital for repeat VT ablation. TEE revealed a wire coiled in the right pulmonary artery. This is the first reported identification of an embolized wire by transesophageal three-dimensional echocardiography.

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Echocardiography

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EISSN

1540-8175

Publication Date

April 2009

Volume

26

Issue

4

Start / End Page

463 / 464

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Foreign Bodies
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • Aged
  • 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
 

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Tokarz, S. R., Aktas, M. K., Kroening, D., Sawyer, T. J., Daubert, J. P., Huang, D. T., & Schwarz, K. Q. (2009). Identification of a retained intravascular wire by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. Echocardiography, 26(4), 463–464. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00817.x
Tokarz, Stephen R., Mehmet K. Aktas, Daniel Kroening, Thomas J. Sawyer, James P. Daubert, David T. Huang, and Karl Q. Schwarz. “Identification of a retained intravascular wire by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.Echocardiography 26, no. 4 (April 2009): 463–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00817.x.
Tokarz SR, Aktas MK, Kroening D, Sawyer TJ, Daubert JP, Huang DT, et al. Identification of a retained intravascular wire by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. Echocardiography. 2009 Apr;26(4):463–4.
Tokarz, Stephen R., et al. “Identification of a retained intravascular wire by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.Echocardiography, vol. 26, no. 4, Apr. 2009, pp. 463–64. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00817.x.
Tokarz SR, Aktas MK, Kroening D, Sawyer TJ, Daubert JP, Huang DT, Schwarz KQ. Identification of a retained intravascular wire by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. Echocardiography. 2009 Apr;26(4):463–464.
Journal cover image

Published In

Echocardiography

DOI

EISSN

1540-8175

Publication Date

April 2009

Volume

26

Issue

4

Start / End Page

463 / 464

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Foreign Bodies
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
  • Cardiovascular System & Hematology
  • Aged
  • 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology