Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Catheterization Laboratory

4 Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Catheterization Laboratory




Alcohol Septal Ablation




Preprocedural Anatomic and Physiologic Imaging










Pitfalls










Intraprocedural Anatomic and Physiologic Imaging









Postprocedural Imaging








Percutaneous Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty




Preprocedural Imaging




Apply the Wilkins Echo Score to predict outcome of valvuloplasty (Table 4-1).
In Wilkins’ original report,1 patients with a score of less than or equal to 8 were more likely to have optimal results following valvuloplasty (post mitral valve area [MVA] >1.5 cm2, left atrial pressure [LAP] <18 mm Hg). Patients with a score of greater than 8 had suboptimal outcomes, and a score of greater than 10 increased the chance of suboptimal results with complications.

Apply MR score (Table 4-2) to predict development of significant MR.








Intraprocedural Imaging








Percutaneous Valves: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation




Preimplantation Echocardiographic Imaging for TAVI (Box 4-1)




Jun 4, 2016 | Posted by in CARDIOLOGY | Comments Off on Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Catheterization Laboratory

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