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CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Insertion of the Transesophageal Echocardiography Probe via Endoscopy Mask

Toshiya Shiga^*, Tetsuo Inoue^*, Zen’ichiro Wajima^*, and Ryo Ogawa

*Department of Anesthesia, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Chiba; and Department of Anesthesiology, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Toshiya Shiga, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesia, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Kamagari 1715, Inba-mura, Inba-gun, Chiba 270-1694, Japan. Address e-mail to shiga/anesth{at}nms.ac.jp

IMPLICATIONS: Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has not been used during airway manipulation to assess the occasional occurrence of hemodynamic instability that occurs especially in cardiac patients. We describe a new technique using an endoscopy mask to perform TEE monitoring during airway manipulation with a large concentration of supplemented oxygen.

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