Esophageal perforation after transesophageal echocardiography
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Esophageal perforation after perioperative transesophageal echocardiography: a case report
BACKGROUND Transesophageal echocardiography is widely used in cardiac surgery. Transesophageal echocardiography probe insertion and manipulation can injure the esophagus. CASE PRESENTATION A 76-year-old Asian man was admitted to our hospital for coronary artery bypass graft revascularization surgery. A right carotid endarterectomy was successfully performed 2 days before coronary artery bypas...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1010-7940
DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(99)00322-x