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Fig. 3

From: Hemodynamic monitoring using a single-use indwelling transesophageal echocardiography probe in an unstable patient after open-heart surgery

Fig. 3

Extrapericardial tamponade. The miniaturized transesophageal echocardiographic probe disclosed a large mediastinal hematoma compressing the left atrium in this patient with severe shock (left panel, asterisks). The presence of a localized tamponade was confirmed during conventional transesophageal echocardiography which depicted a rounded heterogeneous mass consistent with a recent hematoma which compressed the left atrium and impaired atrial filling (mid panel, asterisks), as reflected by a narrow and turbulent inflow on color Doppler mapping (right panel, arrow). Abbreviations: LA, left atrium; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle

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