Key result
Limited bedside transthoracic echocardiography successfully detected a previously unknown left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in a young patient presenting for elective hand surgery.
Case Report (n=1)
Bedside TTE is a useful assessment tool for anesthesiologists to evaluate incidental murmurs in the perioperative setting.
Bedside TTE may aid perioperative murmur evaluation; single case leaves open need for prospective validation before wider use.
We present a case of left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction detected by limited bedside transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). This involved a young and otherwise healthy patient presenting for elective hand surgery with a previously undetected cardiac murmur. It highlights the utility of bedside TTE as an assessment tool and shows the importance of anesthesiologists as perioperative physicians.
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Davidson et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction (n=1). Limited bedside transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) was evaluated on Detection of LVOT obstruction. Limited bedside transthoracic echocardiography successfully detected a previously unknown left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in a young patient presenting for elective hand surgery.
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