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Echo Rounds

Anesthesia & Analgesia: Volume 106, Issue 2, Page 409.
"Aortic Insufficiency Confounding Transesophageal Echocardiograph Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function" by Frogel et al.

Data Files:

• Echo Loop 1 -
  The pre-bypass intraoperative TEE revealed mild global hypokinesis with an EF of 40-45% as well as 3+ central AI.
• Echo Loop 2 -
  The patient underwent CABG x4 and aortic valve replacement with a 25mm pericardial tissue valve (Thermafix®) and was successfully weaned from bypass without pressor or inotropic support.

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