Three-Dimensional Transesophageal Echocardiography: Do We Have the Technology to Predict Outcomes in Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation?

IN THIS issue ’s E-Challenge, “Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: To Fix or Not to Fix,” Fatima et al. from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston presented a patient in whom significant mitral regurgitation (MR) was detected unexpectedly on intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) whil e they were undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.1 The patient was not known to have preexisting mitral valve disease, and the onset of MR was sudden, unexpected, and occurred in the setting of hypertension before the initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research