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 …

Intraoperative color Doppler recordings, obtained either from the epicardial or
transesophageal approach, offer real‐time information about the presence and severity of …

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

Conclusion Intraoperative color Doppler offers rapid and accurate information about the
presence and severity of mitral regurgitation at the time of surgery. This technique provides …

Mitral valve repair provides substantial advantages over mitral valve replacement in patients
with severe mitral regurgitation. However, because of the possibility of persistent …

Valve conservation surgery represents an exciting advance in the evolution of valve surgery.
Recent studies have shown the significant advantages of mitral valve repair over valve …

The ability of color Doppler flow mapping to provide intraoperative information about mitral
regurgitation (MR) severity and to evaluate adequacy of mitral valve repair was assessed by …

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

Valve repair is the best operation currently available for patients with mitral valve disease.
However, repair is technically more difficult than valve replacement and has a risk of early …

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