Transesophageal echocardiography in robot-assisted mitral valve repair for Barlow's disease: usefulness for predicting artificial ring size and artificial chordae length using the loop technique.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no fully recommended methodology for surgery for Barlow's disease. Various methods have been proposed. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) measurements for selecting the optimal annuloplasty ring size and determining the length of artificial chordae in patients with Barlow's disease who underwent robot-assisted mitral valvuloplasty (R-MVP).

Methods

Ten patients were included. Before R-MVP, the anesthesiologist used TEE to predict the optimal annuloplasty ring size and artificial chordae lengths that would reduce mitral regurgitation. The anesthesiolosist's predict ring size was not presented to the surgeon intraoperatively.

Results

In 70% (7/10) of cases, the surgeon performed mitral

SUBMITTER: Yahagi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7382665 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature