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From: Pitfalls of anesthetic management with the Impella® 5.0 device: a case series

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a Mid-esophageal long-axis view of transesophageal echocardiography. Yellow arrow indicates Impella cannula and green arrow indicates artifacts. Precise identification of aortic insufficiency by transesophageal echocardiography was difficult because of reverberation artifacts associated with axial blood flow inside of Impella. b Deep transgastric view of transesophageal echocardiography. Red arrow indicates regurgitation jet in the left ventricle due to aortic insufficiency. It was clearly identified without artifacts on this view

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