TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF PERIPROSTHETIC MITRAL REGURGITATION USING INTRAVENOUS-INJECTION OF SONICATED ALBUMIN

Authors
RODRIGUES AG TARDIF JC DOMINGUEZ M MERCIER LA PETITCLERC R PELLETIER G BURELLE D
Citation
Ag. Rodrigues et al., TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF PERIPROSTHETIC MITRAL REGURGITATION USING INTRAVENOUS-INJECTION OF SONICATED ALBUMIN, The American journal of cardiology, 79(6), 1997, pp. 829
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:6<829:TEAOPM>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Mechanical prostheses induce artifacts that decrease the accuracy of c onventional transthoracic echocardiographic imaging for the detection and quantitation of periprosthetic mitral regurgitation. In 15 patient s undergoing transthoracic echocardiography, injection of sonicated al bumin significantly enhanced the assessment of periprosthetic mitral r egurgitation with an accuracy similar to that of transesophageal echoc ardiography.