Transesophageal echocardiography for detecting extrapulmonary thrombi during pulmonary embolectomy Peter Rosenberger, MD, Stanton K. Shernan, MD, Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD, Holger K. Eltzschig, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 78, Issue 3, Pages 862-866 (September 2004) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.069
Fig 1 Transgastric basal short axis view of the right ventricle (RV). The RV is occupied by multiple thromboemboli. (RA = right atrium; LV = left ventricle.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 78, 862-866DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.069)
Fig 2 Midesophageal bicaval view of the inferior vena cava (IVC). A large embolus is shown (arrow) obstructing hepatic portion of the IVC. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2004 78, 862-866DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.02.069)