Current state of intraoperative echocardiography. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Intraoperative use of echocardiography is becoming more prevalent and is now considered an essential part of modern cardiac surgery. Echocardiography can be performed intraoperatively using transesophageal, epicardial or epiaortic, and substernal approaches. These techniques have a variety of applications in evaluating myocardial and valvular function, assessing aortic atheroma, and determining adequacy of various kinds of repair and reconstruction. Future applications will most likely involve more compact equipment, the implementation of epicardial and transesophageal real-time three-dimensional echocardiography, and better use of provocative methods of intraoperative testing.

publication date

  • November 1, 2003

Research

keywords

  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Monitoring, Intraoperative

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0347590771

PubMed ID

  • 14641385

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 20

issue

  • 8