An Unusual Case of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Diagnosed With Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography

Pulmonary vein compression by transesophageal echocardiography probe demonstrated using epicardial echocardiography

“…In older pediatric or adult patients, TEE can help diagnose PV stenosis, 1 but the TEE probe itself has been reported to cause PV compression or obstruction in younger children. However, most of these reports are related to cases of pulmonary vein stenosis such as total anomalous PV return and cor triatriatum, 2,3 and not in simple cases such as ventricular septal defects.…”