Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Valve Repair in a Child - What to Look for?

Mamatha Munaf; Saravana Babu; Subin Sukesan; Shrinivas V Gadhinglajkar

doi:10.4103/aca.aca_92_23

Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Valve Repair in a Child - What to Look for?

Ann Card Anaesth. 2024 Jan 1;27(1):53-57. doi: 10.4103/aca.aca_92_23. Epub 2024 Jan 12.

Authors

Mamatha Munaf¹, Saravana Babu, Subin Sukesan, Shrinivas V Gadhinglajkar

Affiliation

¹ Divison of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

Abstract

Aortic valve (AV) repair is the desired surgical treatment option for young patients with aortic regurgitation (AR). It is considered as a class I indication for the surgical treatment of severeAR. The success of an AV repair depends on the detailed intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) examination which should fulfil the information required by the surgeon. The objective of this echo round is to describe the role of intraoperative TEE in systematic evaluation of the AV, before and after repair.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aortic Valve Insufficiency* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Insufficiency* / surgery
Aortic Valve* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve* / surgery
Child
Echocardiography, Transesophageal* / methods
Humans
Monitoring, Intraoperative* / methods