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Anesth Analg 2003;97:650-653
© 2003 International Anesthesia Research Society

CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA

A Double-Orifice Atrioventricular Valve Case: Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Diagnosis and Treatment

Özcan Erdemli, MD*, Ihsan Ayik, MD*, Ümit Karadeniz, MD*, Bülent Yamak, MD*, Cemal Levent Birincioglu, MD{dagger}, and Kubilay Çaglar, MD*

*Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation and {dagger}Cardiovascular Surgery, Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Sihhiye-Ankara

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Özcan Erdemli, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Sihhiye-Ankara, 06100, Türkiye. Address e-mail to erdemli{at}tr.net

We describe a 45-yr-old woman with an intermediate type atrioventricular septal defect associated with a double-orifice left atrioventricular valve (DOLAV). We diagnosed this exceptional anomaly by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during surgery that was scheduled for only a primum type atrial septal defect (ASD) repair. Preoperative transthoracic echocardiography and angiography revealed the ASD but could not demonstrate the DOLAV. We were able to repair this rare and challenging abnormality successfully under the guidance of TEE imaging during the operation. TEE provides valuable information about both anatomy and functional aspect of the valvular structures. Besides its proven role in cardiac surgery, intraoperative use of TEE also serves as a useful tool for diagnosis of such unexpected and potentially missed abnormalities.

Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography facilitated diagnosis of a double-orifice left atrioventricular valve that was undetected by preoperative transthoracic echocardiography and angiography before repair of an atrial septal defect.






Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Anesthesia & Analgesia® is published for the International Anesthesia Research Society® by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins with the assistance of Stanford University Libraries' HighWire Press®. Copyright 2006 by the International Anesthesia Research Society. Online ISSN: 1526-7598   Print ISSN: 0003-2999 HighWire Press
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