title: Echocardiography in percutaneous valve therapy.
abstract: Echocardiography has played a critical role in valve reconstructive surgery and more recently in developments in percutaneous techniques for mitral valve repair and aortic valve implantation. A combination of transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) provide diagnostic and screening data pre-procedure, intraprocedural guidance, and assessment of valve function and left ventricular reverse remodeling post-percutaneous valve procedures. The role of intracardiac echocardiography and live 3-dimensional TEE in percutaneous valve interventions is evolving. This review summarizes the role of echocardiography during percutaneous device-based valve procedures.
authors.affiliation: Echocardiography Laboratory, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 91730, USA. tnaqvi@usc.edu
authors.forename: Tasneem Z
authors.initials: TZ
authors.lastname: Naqvi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002404:Catheterization; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional