TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 10. Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valves
A1  - Moukarbel, George V.
A1  - Abchee, Antoine B.
A2  - Mathew, Joseph P.
A2  - Swaminathan, Madhav
A2  - Ayoub, Chakib M.
PY  - 2010
T2  - Clinical Manual and Review of Transesophageal Echocardiography, 2e
AB  - A  detailed  transesophageal  echocardiographic  (TEE)  examination  of  the  right-sided  heart  valves  can  provide  accurate  diagnosis  of  valvular  diseases;  define  anatomic,  functional,  and  perivalvular  abnormalities;  and  guide  appropriate  management.  Integration  of  this  information  with  the  evaluation  of  the  cardiac  chambers  is  necessary  to  assess  the  degree  of  the  pathology  and  determine  its  impact  on  cardiac  function.  In  a  review  of  1918  cases  undergoing  intraoperative  TEE  prior  to  cardiac  surgery,  discrepant  findings  at  the  time  of  surgical  inspection  were  present  in  only  48  patients,  of  which  five  involved  the  tricuspid  and  pulmonic  valves.1  Therefore,  this  modality  should  yield  adequate  diagnostic  accuracy  when  the  exam  is  conducted  appropriately.  This  chapter  discusses  the  main  pathologies  involving  the  tricuspid  and  pulmonic  valves  leading  to  regurgitation  and/or  stenosis,  and  their  assessment  by  two-dimensional  TEE  (Table  10–1).  Even  with  the  advent  of  three-dimensional  matrix  array  probes  allowing  the  acquisition  of  real-time  images,  optimal  visualization  of  the  tricuspid  and  pulmonary  valves  is  seldom  feasible2;  therefore,  their  three-dimensional  evaluation  will  depend  on  future  improvements  of  this  technology.  
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PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6917200
ER  -