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European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(1):175-177; doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.07.005
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2007. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Transesophageal guided left atrial positioning of a percutaneous ventricular assist device

Mohammad Kooshkabadi*, Andreas Kalogeropoulos, Vasilis C. Babaliaros and Stamatios Lerakis

Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA

Received 5 April 2007; accepted after revision 22 July 2007; online publish-ahead-of-print 13 September 2007.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +1 404 843 0982; fax: +1 404 727 4724. E-mail address: mkooshk{at}emory.edu


  Abstract

Cardiogenic shock in the setting of myocardial infarction continues to represent a high proportion of immediate mortality in this patient population, despite ongoing advances in thrombolytics, PCI, and medical management of AMI. We present a case of peri-MI cardiogenic shock necessitating deployment of a percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD). TEE guidance played a crucial role in optimal positioning of the venous cannula in the left atrium.

Keywords: Transesophageal echocardiography; Percutaneous ventricular assist device


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