Key result
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography identified the attachment site of a right atrial myxoma, resulting in a change to the overall surgical plan.
Intraoperative TEE provides critical structural information that can alter surgical management in patients with cardiac masses such as right atrial myxoma.
Intraoperative TEE may guide cardiac mass surgery; single case leaves open need for prospective validation before practice change.
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is an important diagnostic tool. It provides structural and functional assessment of cardiac structures which can improve the overall outcome of the patient. We present a case with right atrial myxoma in which TEE helped to find the attachment of the mass so that overall surgical plan was changed.
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Dharmalingam et al. (2014) studied this question. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography identified the attachment site of a right atrial myxoma, resulting in a change to the overall surgical plan.
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