Kumar G Anil, Nandakumar N M, Sudhir B V, Pasarad Ashwini Kumar
Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, Sagar Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Ann Card Anaesth. 2015 Oct-Dec;18(4):593-5. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.166482.
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been used routinely in the diagnosis and follow-up of cardiac cases. Left atrial dissection (LAd), an exceedingly rare complication of cardiac surgery, is most commonly associated with mitral valve surgery. A case of LAd is presented, and the pathology was accurately defined and immediately diagnosed using intraoperative TEE. This case highlights the importance of prompt diagnosis of LAd using intraoperative TEE, and a second cardiac surgery was avoided.
经食管超声心动图（TEE）已常规用于心脏病例的诊断和随访。左心房夹层（LAd）是心脏手术极为罕见的并发症，最常与二尖瓣手术相关。本文报告一例LAd病例，术中使用TEE准确界定并立即诊断出其病理情况。该病例凸显了术中使用TEE对LAd进行快速诊断的重要性，避免了二次心脏手术。
