Guidelines for the Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation After Percutaneous Valve Repair or Replacement: A Focused Review for the Cardiac Anesthesiologist

PERCUTANEOUS REPAIR and replacement increasingly are being used to treat valvular heart disease. Adoption of these catheter-based techniques necessitates standardized methods for evaluating new or residual regurgitation after percutaneous valve repair or replacement. The American Society of Echocardiography guidelines document, “Guidelines for the Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation After Percutaneous Valve Repair or Replacement,” addresses this need and provides a framework for evaluating regurgitation using echocardiography, invasive hemodynamic assessment, and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research