The safety of transesophageal echocardiography to guide transcatheter tricuspid valve edge-to-edge repair.
Valeria CammalleriValeria Maria De LucaGiorgio AntonelliMaria Grazia PiscioneDario GaudioMyriam CarpenitoSimona MegaAnna Laura di PumpoMassimiliano CarassitiFrancesco GrigioniGian Paolo UssiaPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2024)
Transesophageal echocardiography is a crucial and safe technique for guiding transcatheter structural heart interventions. A mix of mid/deep esophageal and trans gastric views, as well as real-time 3D imaging is generally used to guide the procedure. Adequate preoperative management and intraprocedural precautions are mandatory in order to avoid serious problems. A shorter device time is associated with more rarely probe-related complications. Suboptimal intraprocedural TEE views are associated with lower TR reduction rates.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- mitral valve
- aortic valve
- aortic stenosis
- left atrial appendage
- pulmonary hypertension
- computed tomography
- heart failure
- mental health
- high resolution
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- atrial fibrillation
- patients undergoing
- risk factors
- minimally invasive
- physical activity
- living cells
- quantum dots
- fluorescence imaging