Key result
Intraoperative TEE frequently alters surgical decisions in the evaluation of mitral valve disease.
Why the study?
The clinical application of transesophageal echocardiography has grown rapidly, revolutionizing the assessment and surgical decision-making in mitral valve disease.
This review highlights the critical role of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in evaluating mitral valve disease and guiding surgical interventions.
May support intraoperative TEE use in mitral valve surgery; leaves open need for prospective outcome trials.
In the past 10 years, clinical application of transesophageal echocardiography (TE) has grown explosively. Intraoperative TE offers a powerful diagnostic and monitoring tool for the physicians in the cardiac operating room. The use of TE revolutionizes the assessment of patients with mitral valve disease. Surgical decisions are often altered based on the information obtained from TE. This review describes the basic features of TE as well as its uses in the intraoperative setting for evaluation of the mitral valve.
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Takuma et al. (1998) conducted a review in Mitral valve disease. Transesophageal echocardiography (TE) was evaluated. Transesophageal echocardiography serves as a powerful intraoperative diagnostic and monitoring tool that frequently alters surgical decisions in the evaluation of mitral valve disease.
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