Ventriculoatrial shunt distal catheter placement using transesophageal echocardiography: Technical note

Kevin M. McGrail; Donald A. Muzzi; Thomas J. Losasso; Fredric B. Meyer

doi:10.1227/00006123-199205000-00016

Ventriculoatrial shunt distal catheter placement using transesophageal echocardiography: Technical note

Kevin M. McGrail, Donald A. Muzzi, Thomas J. Losasso, Fredric B. Meyer

Neurosurgery

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Abstract

Accurate placement of the distal end of a ventriculoatrial shunt at the cavo-atrial junction is important for long-term shunt function as well as for avoiding cardiac arrythmias, thrombus formation, and damage to myocardial tissue. Standard methods of intraoperative localization, including chest x-ray, pressure measurements, and electrocardiogram recording, can be inaccurate. By using intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, the distal end of the catheter can be localized to the cavo-atrial junction.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	747-749
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neurosurgery
Volume	30
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-199205000-00016
State	Published - May 1992

Keywords

CSF shunt
Echocardiography
Hydrocephalus

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Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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