Transesophageal Echocardiography, Mortality, and Length of Hospitalization after Cardiac Valve Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite recommendations regarding the use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), there is no randomized evidence to support its use in cardiac valve surgery. The purpose of this study was to compare the clinical outcomes of patients undergoing open cardiac valve repair or replacement surgery with and without transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring. The hypothesis was that transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring would be associated with lower 30-day mortality and shorter length of hospitalization.

Methods

In this observational retrospective cohort study, Medicare claims were used to test the association between perioperative TEE and 30-day all-cause mortality and length of hospitalization among patients undergoing open cardiac valve rep

SUBMITTER: MacKay EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7276287 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature