title: Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography with a special focus on a patient undergoing advanced robotic-assisted procedures.
abstract: Intraoperative echocardiography (IOE) has earned a major role in surgical decision-making and helps the cardiac surgeon decide and proceed with appropriate intervention based on the visualized pathology. With the advent of minimally invasive surgical techniques and robotic-assisted operations, more emphasis and dependence has been placed on IOE. We describe our experience with IOE during mitral valve repair at our center, which is one of the pioneer centers for these telemanipulation techniques.
authors.affiliation: East Carolinaa University Brody School of Medicine, The Cardiovascular Center, University Health Systems of Eastern North Carolina, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. sorrellv@mail.ecu.edu
authors.forename: Vincent L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Sorrell
authors.forename: Angampally G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Rajeev
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Nifong
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Walter R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Chitwood
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000523:psychology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods