Intraoperative assessment of the mitral valve: transesophageal Doppler echocardiography vs. left ventricular filling of the flaccid heart
Autor: | Voorn Wj, Visser Ca, Yvo M. Smulders, Adrian C. Moulijn, J J Koolen |
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Rok vydání: | 1992 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty Beating heart Hemodynamics Doppler echocardiography Coronary Angiography Ventricular Function Left Internal medicine Mitral valve medicine Humans Esophagus Aged Aged 80 and over Mitral regurgitation medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Mitral Valve Insufficiency General Medicine Middle Aged Echocardiography Doppler Confidence interval medicine.anatomical_structure Heart Arrest Induced Cardiology Mitral Valve Female Surgery Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Ventricular filling business human activities |
Zdroj: | European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 6:122-126 |
ISSN: | 1010-7940 |
Popis: | Several methods can be used for the intraoperative assessment of residual mitral regurgitation (MR) following reconstruction of the mitral valve. The aim of this study was to compare the reliability of two of these methods: left ventricular filling of the arrested heart with saline (LVF) and intraoperative transesophageal Doppler echocardiography (TEE). Reliability was assessed by comparing LVF and TEE to postoperative left ventricular angiography (LVA) in 27 patients. LVF, TEE and LVA grading of MR was 0-4. Correlations, as measured by the Kappa statistic, were as follows: LVF-LVA: K = 0.33 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.06-0.59), TEE-LVA: K = 0.48 (95% CI: 0.20-0.77), LVF-TEE: K = 0.43 (95% CI: 0.20-0.67). Considering LVF and TEE as predictors of LVA gradings above 2, sensitivities were 0.4 and 0.6, respectively. Specificities were 1.0 for each method. In conclusion, we found TEE in the beating heart not to be significantly more reliable in the prediction of residual MR than LVF in the flaccid heart. |
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