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Depending on the institution and the physicians and surgeons involved, the
procedure, the state of the patient, etc., there well may be
trans-esophageal enchocardiography in place during open-heart surgery.
There is an endotracheal tube for breathing placed in the trachea, which is
separate from the esophagus.
See:
http://www.medana.unibas.ch/eng/tee/tee.htm
Allan
(wearing physician's hat)
At 01:21 PM 9/20/99 -0700, nonlinear wrote:
>no i can't because it doesn't happen. hard to have a transducer down
>the throat when there's a respirator there pumping oxygen. and why have
>a transducer in there anyway when the chest cavity is split open like a
>chicken breast? they don't call it "open heart" surgery for nothing!!!!
>
>TJ
>
>wife's had 2 open heart surguries for mitral valve replacement, with
>nary a ultrasound procedure either before, during, or after. your
>example is bullshit
>
>--- David Fenstemaker <dfens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Can you imagine being
> > in heart surgery, with a transducer
> > down your throat and the system
> > crashes, and the medical team
> > tries to restart it and a minute
> > later when you are dead, it
> > puts up a dialog that it
> > can't shutdown some task?
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