ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND DOPPLER ASSESSMENT OF PROSTHETIC HEART-VALVES WITH TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
MACKENZIE GS HEINLE SK
Citation
Gs. Mackenzie et Sk. Heinle, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND DOPPLER ASSESSMENT OF PROSTHETIC HEART-VALVES WITH TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Critical care clinics, 12(2), 1996, pp. 383
Citations number
90
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<383:EADAOP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
This article examines the use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE ) in the assessment of prosthetic heart valves. A summary of the commo nly used artificial valves and their physiologic regurgitant flow patt erns, as identified by color Doppler imaging, is presented. The hemody namic evaluation of prosthetic valve stenosis using Doppler techniques is reviewed, and the diagnostic utility of TEE in identifying the com plications of cardiac prostheses is discussed.