title: Echocardiography and Doppler assessment of prosthetic heart valves with transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: This article examines the use of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the assessment of prosthetic heart valves. A summary of the commonly used artificial valves and their physiologic regurgitant flow patterns, as identified by color Doppler imaging, is presented. The hemodynamic evaluation of prosthetic valve stenosis using Doppler techniques is reviewed, and the diagnostic utility of TEE in identifying the complications of cardiac prostheses is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: MacKenzie
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Heinle
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging