Safety of Transesophageal Echocardiography for Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Histories of Bariatric Surgery

Both the American Society of Echocardiography and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists consider transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) a relative contraindication in patients with histories of bariatric surgery, and survey data indicate that many physicians who routinely use TEE in their practice consider bariatric surgery to be an absolute contraindication or are not certain.1,2 There is currently no published evidence to support or discourage the use of TEE in this patient population.
Source: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Brief Research Communications Source Type: research