A Controlled Study of Transesophageal Echocardiography to Guide Central Venous Catheter Placement in Congenital Heart Surgery Patients

Abstract

Transesophageal echocardiography can be used to guide central venous catheter placement in congenital heart surgery. Central venous catheters that seem to be located high in the right atrium by chest radiograph in these patients are often actually in the superior vena cava and pose little risk of cardiac perforation.