RT Book, Section
A1 van der Westhuizen, Johannes
A1 Swanevelder, Justiaan
A2 Mathew, Joseph P.
A2 Swaminathan, Madhav
A2 Ayoub, Chakib M.
SR Print(0)
ID 6916313
T1 Chapter 7. Mitral Valve
T2 Clinical Manual and Review of Transesophageal Echocardiography, 2e
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-163476-2
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6916313
RD 2024/04/25
AB The  evaluation  of  valvular  heart  disease  has  become  increasingly  dependent  on  echocardiography.  Since  its  introduction  to  the  operating  room,  transesophageal  echocardiography  (TEE)  has  played  a  major  role  in  surgical  decision  making  and  anesthetic  management  of  patients  undergoing  mitral  valve  surgery.  Mitral  valve  replacement  has  its  own  implications  and  is  not  free  of  risk,  leading  surgeons  to  develop  techniques  for  mitral  valve  repair,  which  are  becoming  more  and  more  intricate  as  our  understanding  of  valve  function  expands.  Recent  outcome  literature  indicates  strong  support  for  repair  relative  to  replacement  in  patients  with  organic,  nonischemic  mitral  valve  pathology,1  and  the  role  of  intraoperative  TEE  in  mitral  valve  repair2  and  replacement  surgery3  is  well  established.  A  good  knowledge  of  mitral  valve  anatomy  and  its  assessment  by  TEE  is  therefore  vital  to  any  successful  intraoperative  echocardiographer.