ECHO ROUNDS Section Editor: Edmund Kenneth Kerut, M.D.
Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiographic Imaging of Double Valve Repair for Aortic and Mitral Stenosis
First published: 08 November 2011
Address for correspondence and reprint requests: Tae-Yop Kim, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, 4-12 Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Korea. Fax: +82-2-2030-5449; E-mail: [email protected]
Financial support: This work was supported by Konkuk University Medical Center and Konkuk University School of Medicine.
Abstract
An intraoperative echocardiographic evaluation to determine the feasibility and adequacy of the valve repair procedure is crucial for a successful repair. However, aortic valve repair in severe aortic stenosis (AS) is very limited and, consequently, its intraoperative echocardiographic evaluation has not been described well. Here, we describe an intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of a double-valve repair procedure for a patient with severe AS, moderate aortic insufficiency, and severe mitral stenosis. (Echocardiography 2012;29:187-191)
