title: 3D Transesophageal echocardiographic guidance and monitoring of percutaneous aortic valve replacement.
abstract: We describe a preliminary clinical experience with 3D transesophageal echocardiography (3D TEE) in an 84-year-old man with severe aortic stenosis and multiple comorbidity, who underwent percutaneous aortic valve implantation. Although 3D TEE monitoring is not a standard procedure during aortic valve replacement procedure (PAVR), when used in combination with conventional 2D-TEE contributes to improving adequate patient selection and provides more accurate information to the interventional cardiologist during positioning, deployment, and early function of the prosthesis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain. davidrama12001@yahoo.es
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Filgueiras-Rama
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Raul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moreno-Gómez
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calvo-Orbe
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dobarro
authors.forename: Mar
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moreno-Yanguela
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lefevre
authors.forename: Jose Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: López-Sendón
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome