Is Transesophageal Echocardiography Really Safe During Liver Transplant Surgery in Patients With High-Risk Varices?

Alan J. Wigg; Yasmina Tashkent; John W. Chen

doi:10.1002/lt.26037

Is Transesophageal Echocardiography Really Safe During Liver Transplant Surgery in Patients With High-Risk Varices?

Alan J. Wigg, Yasmina Tashkent, John W. Chen

College of Medicine and Public Health

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Abstract

We read with interest the recent position paper from the Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA) concerning transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in liver transplant surgery and congratulate the authors on the robustness of their systematic review.(1) However, we challenge their summary finding that TEE is safe in liver transplant surgery, following a case from our own institution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	767-768
Number of pages	2
Journal	Liver Transplantation
Volume	27
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/lt.26037
Publication status	Published - May 2021

Keywords

Correspondence
Letter to the editor
Society for the Advancement of Transplant Anesthesia (SATA)
transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)
hepatitis C virus–related cirrhosis
hepatocellular carcinoma

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