title: Monitoring of procedures: peri-interventional echo assessment for transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) provides an effective, less-invasive alternative treatment for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis at high surgical risk. Echocardiography plays a central role in patient selection, procedural guidance, and evaluation, and in the detection of complications. This review describes the peri-interventional role of echocardiography during TAVI, outlines current limitations, and identifies future implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Non-Invasive Cardiology, King's Health Partners, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK.
authors.forename: Lindsay A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Monaghan
mesh_terms: D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
keywords: Echocardiography; Intracardiac echocardiography; Transcatheter aortic valve implantation; Transoesophageal echocardiography; Valvular heart disease; three-dimensional echocardiography