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Jaqueline da Rocha e Silva
Jaqueline da Rocha e Silva

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A New Transesophageal Echocardiography Guidance Protocol for Edge-to-Edge Repair of t...
Jaqueline da Rocha e Silva
Tobias Ruf

Jaqueline da Rocha e Silva

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May 05, 2021
Intraprocedural transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) guidance plays an essential role in transcatheter repair therapy of the tricuspid valve (TV). So far, several different imaging concepts are in use. However, an imaging protocol that fully addresses the morphological complexity of the TV and further offers efficacious workarounds for the frequently occurring restrictions of TV imaging is still missing. As a tertiary referral center with a large experience of more than 250 cases of transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) of the TV performed at the Heart Valve Center in Mainz/Germany, we have constantly adapted our periinterventional echocardiographic approach to accomplish both. As a key measure for success, we intensely rely on the transgastric acoustic windows that not only delivers high-resolution information on the morphology of the TV and all relevant procedural steps but also help to avoid the frequent shadowing artefacts experienced in transesophageal imaging.

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