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Intraoperative prosthetic valve dysfunction: detection by transesophageal echocardiography
J Jaggers1, P M Chetham, T L Kinnard
1Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
We describe the valuable role of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in the detection of immediate prosthetic valve dysfunction. Transesophageal echocardiography accurately diagnosed one leaflet of a St. Jude Medical mitral valve to be stuck. We recommend routine transesophageal echocardiography for mitral valve operations.