Open AccessIntraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of the mitral valve repair
Author(s) -
Sanjayakumar C Banakal
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.58848
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral valve repair , mitral regurgitation , mitral valve , cardiology , mitral valvuloplasty , functional mitral regurgitation , heart failure , ejection fraction
The use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in assessment of the mitral valve repair is well established. It has significantly contributed to the excellent results of mitral valvuloplasty in the current era. This article reviews various two-dimensional echocardiographic planes to assess the mitral valve apparatus, mechanisms of mitral regurgitation, different surgical techniques of repair, complications, and their recognition using TEE.