ACCURATE ADJUSTMENT OF DE VEGA TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY USING TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
COOK JW
Citation
Jw. Cook, ACCURATE ADJUSTMENT OF DE VEGA TRICUSPID ANNULOPLASTY USING TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 58(2), 1994, pp. 570-572
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
58
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
570 - 572
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1994)58:2<570:AAODVT>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is used to adjust the tension of a de Vega tricuspid annuloplasty suture. Leading the suture outside the right atrium allows the annulus to be adjusted after card iopulmonary bypass is discontinued when cardiac function has returned.