A case of mislabeled textbooks: misnomer of the traditional "bicaval" view.

Authors

Laura Vaskelyte
Stefan Bertog
Ilona Hofmann
Bojan Jovanović
Markus Reinartz
Predrag Matić
Sameer Gafoor, Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute, Seattle, USA.Follow
Kolja Sievert
Horst Sievert

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2018

Publication Title

Cardiovasc Diagn Ther

Keywords

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE); bicaval view; coronary sinus inferior vena cava (CS IVC)

Abstract

Since the early beginning of the transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) era, standardized tomographic views describing cardiac key structures have been provided. They have become the basis of TEE and have not been modified for decades. During our recent structural interventional cases, it has come to our attention that the structure frequently labeled "inferior vena cava" in textbooks and journal articles illustrating the bicaval TEE view is, in fact, the coronary sinus. Our manuscript illustrates our observation.

Clinical Institute

Cardiovascular (Heart)

Department

Cardiology

Recommended Citation

Vaskelyte, Laura; Bertog, Stefan; Hofmann, Ilona; Jovanović, Bojan; Reinartz, Markus; Matić, Predrag; Gafoor, Sameer; Sievert, Kolja; and Sievert, Horst, "A case of mislabeled textbooks: misnomer of the traditional "bicaval" view." (2018). Articles, Abstracts, and Reports. 710.
https://digitalcommons.providence.org/publications/710