TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF NATIVE VALVULAR DISEASE AND REPAIR

Authors
SAVINO JS
Citation
Js. Savino, TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF NATIVE VALVULAR DISEASE AND REPAIR, Critical care clinics, 12(2), 1996, pp. 321
Citations number
122
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Critical care clinics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07490704
Volume
12
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-0704(1996)12:2<321:TEEONV>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Surgery for valvular heart disease corrects systolic or diastolic dysf unction of the mitral, aortic, or tricuspid valves. The intraoperative echocardiographic assessment of the native heart valve is aimed at de fining the pathology of valve disease, determining the mechanism of va lve dysfunction, and quantitating the degree (grade) of valvular steno sis or insufficiency.