TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DURING SURGICAL CLOSED MITRAL COMMISSUROTOMY

Authors
REDDY SCB GOEL AK JAIN P SHARMA R WASIR HS VENUGOPAL P
Citation
Scb. Reddy et al., TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DURING SURGICAL CLOSED MITRAL COMMISSUROTOMY, Cardiology, 87(5), 1996, pp. 450-452
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00086312
Volume
87
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
450 - 452
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-6312(1996)87:5<450:TEDSCM>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report a case of a 28-year-old woman with severe mitral stenosis fo r which surgical closed commissurotomy was done. Intraoperative transe sophageal echocardiography was performed to assess its utility during this surgical procedure. It was helpful in instant confirmation of the adequacy of the surgery, detecting residual mitral regurgitation, and in visualisation of the Tubbs dilator that is used to accomplish mitr al commissurotomy.