Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 39-45 , February 2012

Feasibility of Measuring Renal Blood Flow Using Transesophageal Echocardiography in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

  • Da Zhu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, China
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  • Hai Yu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, China
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  • Yin Zhou, MB

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, China
    • ,
  • Qian Li, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, China
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  • Long Zhao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, China
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  • Li-Qing Peng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, West China Hospital Sichuan University, Sichuan, China
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  • Bin Liu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Sichuan, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Bin Liu, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, People's Republic of China

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The process used to identify the left renal artery. After visualizing the 3rd branch vessel of the abdominal aorta (suspected left renal artery), the transesophageal echocardiographic probe was rotated clockwise to trace the vessel to its distal portion. If the vessel entered into the left kidney (adjacent to the spleen), identification of the renal artery was confirmed. AO, abdominal aorta; LRA, left renal artery; IRA, intrarenal artery; LK, left kidney.

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 D.Z. and H.Y. contribute equally to this work.

 Supported, in part, by grant No. 30972862 from the National Research Foundation of Nature Science, China and, grant from the Braun anesthesia science foundation, B/Braun Pharmaceutical, Shenyang, China.

PII: S1053-0770(11)00461-7

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.06.015

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 39-45 , February 2012

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