Not all that glitters is gold

Authors

  • Maria Carolina Cabrera Schulmeyer Universidad de Valparaíso. Santiago de Chile, Chile
  • Ivan Iglesias Anestesia department. Schulich School of Medicine. Western University Hospital. Ontario. Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37615/retic.v7n1a14

Keywords:

intraoperative transesophageal ecocardiogrphy

Abstract

We present the clinical case of a 75-year-old patient referred from another hospital to undergo myocardial revascularisation. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography revealed a rounded image in the right atrium, the first diagnosis of which was an atrial tumour. On entering extracorporeal circulation, a right atriotomy was performed to try to resect the possible tumour and, to everyone's surprise, what was inside the rolled-up right atrium was the guidewire used in the hospital from which this patient was referred.

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References

Metkus T, Thibault D, Grant M, et al.Transesophageal echocardiography in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol 2021;78:112-22 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.064

MacKay E, Zhang B, Agoustides J, et al. Association of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography and clinical outcomes after open cardiac valve or proximal aortic surgery. JAMA Network Open. 2022;5(2):e2147820 doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.47820 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.47820

Published

2024-04-24

How to Cite

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Cabrera Schulmeyer MC, Iglesias I. Not all that glitters is gold. Rev Ecocardiogr Pract Otras Tec Imag Card (RETIC) [Internet]. 2024 Apr. 24 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];7(1):54-5. Available from: https://imagenretic.org/RevEcocarPract/article/view/646

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