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Transesophageal echocardiography is an essential component of minimally invasive cardiovascular surgery, enabling full cardiac evaluation without obstructing the surgical field.
Transesophageal echocardiography is an essential tool for cardiac visualization, hemodynamic monitoring, and evaluation of surgical results during minimally invasive cardiovascular surgery.
Supports TEE use in minimally invasive cardiac surgery; leaves open need for prospective trials to define optimal protocols.
Minimally invasive cardiovascular surgery has been developed in an effort to decrease hospital length of stay and cost by decreasing pulmonary and neurologic complications, pain, chest trauma, and infection. The smaller incisions provide less direct cardiac visualization and exposure, which makes transesophageal echocardiography an essential and integral part of these innovative procedures. Transesophageal echocardiography does not obstruct the surgical field and can perform a full evaluation of the heart. This includes assessment of the aorta and great vessels, valve function, ventricular wall motion, placement of catheters and cannulae, hemodynamic monitoring, and immediate evaluation of surgical results and complications.
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Kronzon et al. (2004) conducted a review in Minimally invasive cardiovascular surgery. Transesophageal echocardiography was evaluated. Transesophageal echocardiography is an essential component of minimally invasive cardiovascular surgery, enabling full cardiac evaluation without obstructing the surgical field.
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