Because mitral valve competence after mitral valve reconstruction is awkward to assess
during this procedure, we evaluated in this respect transesophageal color-coded Doppler …

Objectives. This study was designed to delineate the utility and results of intraoperative
transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of patients undergoing mural valve …

Background: Mitral valve repair is the procedure of choice in the surgical management of
mitral regurgitation. Intraoperative confirmation of successful repair is essential to the …

Background. Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) using color Doppler
flow mapping can accurately measure residual mitral regurgitation (MR), but it is unknown to …

Methods Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and left ventriculography were each
performed in 72 patients to compare the two techniques and a semi-quantitative index …

Epicardial and transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography are both widely used for
the intraoperative assessment of mitral regurgitation (MR); however, it has not been …

Echocardiography with Doppler color flow mapping is a very useful intraoperative technique
in patients undergoing mitral or tricuspid valve repair. In the patient who is a repair …

Although intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is used to guide mitral
valve reconstructive procedures, the effects of hemodynamic alterations accompanying …

The aim of this study was to determine the specific conditions and pitfalls of immediate
assessment of the reconstructed mitral valve in open chest patients. Sirty-rwo patients had a …

A formal collaboration was established in 1999 between the authors, an echocardiologist
(PMS) and a cardiothoracic surgeon (AAR), to evaluate and provide state-of-the-art surgical …