Discrepancy Between Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography and Postoperative Transthoracic Echocardiography in Assessing Congenital Valve Surgery Osami Honjo, MD, PhD, Yasuhiro Kotani, MD, Satoru Osaki, MD, PhD, Yasufumi Fujita, MD, Takanori Suezawa, MD, Atsushi Tateishi, MD, Kozo Ishino, MD, Masaaki Kawada, MD, Teiji Akagi, MD, PhD, Shunji Sano, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 82, Issue 6, Pages 2240-2246 (December 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.06.073 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Fractional shortening of the systemic ventricle assessed by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (ITEE) and predischarge transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in 41 patients; p < 0.01. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 2240-2246DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.06.073) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Agreement in atrioventricular valve (AVV) regurgitation grade between intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (ITEE) and predischarge transthoracic echocardiography (TTE); r = 0.52; p < 0.01. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 2240-2246DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.06.073) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Peak atrioventricular valve (AVV) inflow velocity measured by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (ITEE) and predischarge transthoracic echocardiography (TTE); p < 0.01. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 2240-2246DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.06.073) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Agreement in aortic valve (AoV) regurgitation grade between intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (ITEE) and predischarge transthoracic echocardiography (TTE); r = 0.683; p < 0.05. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 2240-2246DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.06.073) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Atrioventricular valve regurgitation grade assessed by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (ITEE) and predischarge and follow-up transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Each line represents 1 patient. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 2240-2246DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.06.073) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 6 Aortic valve regurgitation grade assessed by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (ITEE) and predischarge and follow-up transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Each line represents 1 patient. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 82, 2240-2246DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.06.073) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions