Key result
Increasing use of advanced echocardiography in structural heart interventions demands enhanced cardiologist and anesthesiologist skills.
Why the study?
Innovation in structural heart disease interventions has increased the utilization of advanced echocardiographic modalities, demanding higher-level skill sets from interventional imagers.
Design
Review
May warrant echocardiography training updates for structural heart teams; leaves open outcome impact.
Purpose of review The purpose of this review is to detail the current state of utilization of echocardiographic modalities in structural heart disease interventions (transthoracic, transesophageal, and intracardiac), and to describe the role of the cardiac anesthesiologist as an interventional imager in this space. Recent findings The increase in utilization of advanced, real-time echocardiographic modalities because of innovation in technology in the structural heart space now demands higher-level skill sets from interventional imagers, both cardiologists and anesthesiologists alike. Summary The knowledge of current technologies (echocardiographic and transcatheter device technologies) as well as required echocardiographic competencies will continue to equip cardiac anesthesiologists with the tools to stay up-to-date and in step with the rapid innovation taking place in this field.
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Belani et al. (2026) studied this question. Advanced echocardiographic modalities are increasingly utilized in structural heart disease interventions, necessitating enhanced skills from cardiologists and anesthesiologists.
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