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08-02-2023 | Liver Transplantation | Case image in cardiovascular ultrasound

Esophageal varices seen in cardiac surgery

Authors: Sameer Patel, Matthew Levin

Published in: Journal of Echocardiography | Issue 4/2023

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The patient was a 71-year-old man undergoing aortic valve replacement and septal myectomy for severe symptomatic aortic stenosis and septal hypertrophy with dynamic left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction. Past medical history included a successful liver transplantation in 2001. Pre-operative CT thorax performed the day before surgery demonstrated paraesophageal varices. Prior to this scan, there was no mention or diagnosis of varices in the patient record. …

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Title: Esophageal varices seen in cardiac surgery
Authors: Sameer Patel
Matthew Levin
Publication date: 08-02-2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Keywords: Liver Transplantation
Heart Surgery
Esophageal Varices
Transesophageal Echocardiography
Heart Surgery
Liver Transplantation
Liver Transplantation
Heart Valve Surgery
Heart Valve Surgery
Liver Transplantation
Liver Transplantation
Heart Valve Surgery
Published in: Journal of Echocardiography / Issue 4/2023
Print ISSN: 1349-0222
Electronic ISSN: 1880-344X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12574-023-00596-x

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