3D Transesophageal echocardiographic guidance and monitoring of percutaneous aortic valve replacement.
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.
Filgueiras-Rama
David
D
Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain. davidrama12001@yahoo.es
López
Teresa
T
Moreno-Gómez
Raul
R
Calvo-Orbe
Luis
L
Dobarro
David
D
Moreno-Yanguela
Mar
M
Lefevre
Thierry
T
López-Sendón
Jose Luis
JL
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