La ecografía endoscópica, una alternativa a la ecografía transesofágica para pacientes con varices esofágicas durante el intervencionismo estructural

Endoscopic Ultrasound for the Detection of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus: A Useful Technique in Patients with Transesophageal Echocardiography Contraindication

“…However, patient's history of esophageal varices was a relative contraindication for transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) [1]. Therefore, we decided to use an endoscopic ultrasound approach as described previously [2, 3], which indeed might have provided an additional support in case of esophageal bleeding. With a Pentax EG-3870UTK endoscope coupled to a Hitachi HI Vision Avius console (ultrasound beam frequency at 7.5 MHz), endoscopic ultrasound echocardiography was performed without complications.…”