Transesophageal Echocardiography, Mortality, and Length of Hospitalization after Cardiac Valve Surgery

Key Points

  • At the time of publication, intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was an AHA/ACC class II recommendation for all valve replacements and most valve repair surgeries.

  • This comparative effectiveness study used regression and propensity score matching to compare clinical outcomes among patients undergoing valve repair or replacement surgery with vs without intraoperative TEE

  • TEE use during cardiac valve repair or replacement surgery was associated with lower 30-day risk-adjusted mortality, without a significant increase in length of hospitalization.

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