[The contribution and usefulness of routine intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography in cardiac surgery. An analysis of 130 consecutive cases].

Abstract

These data indicate that intraoperative TEE is useful in formulating the surgical plan and assessing immediate operative results as well as a guide to anesthetic procedures. Its high rentabillity in modifying the surgical and/or anesthetic plans lead us to believe that it must be used as a routine procedure in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.