• Critical care clinics · Apr 1996

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    Transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of native valvular disease and repair.

    • J S Savino.
    • Department of Anesthesia, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA.
    • Crit Care Clin. 1996 Apr 1; 12 (2): 321-81.

    AbstractSurgery for valvular heart disease corrects systolic or diastolic dysfunction of the mitral, aortic, or tricuspid valves. The intraoperative echocardiographic assessment of the native heart valve is aimed at defining the pathology of valve disease, determining the mechanism of valve dysfunction, and quantitating the degree (grade) of valvular stenosis or insufficiency.

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