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The Surgeon's Use of Epicardial Echocardiography During Repair of Congenital Heart Defects
Author(s) -
FONTANA GREGORY P.,
UNGERLEIDER ROSS M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1992.tb00510.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , heart defect , reduction (mathematics) , surgery , heart disease , radiology , geometry , mathematics
Intraoperative echocardiography in the evaluation of congenital heart defects is a useful method to evaluate surgical anatomy, adequacy of repair, and ventricular performance. Since 1987, 733 patients have undergone epicardial echocardiography during repair. The routine use of this technique has led to the reduction in the need for both early and late reoperation.