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Recent guidelines and reviews of echocardiographic imaging during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) have emphasized the clinical utility of this modality for intra-procedural guidance and risk assessment [1, 2]. At our institution, we currently perform all TAVR procedures under general anesthesia with a transesophageal echocardiographic (TEE) probe in place. At this time, we feel this is a vital safeguard for to mitigate intra-procedural and postimplantation complications. Technical advances, such as miniaturization of TEE probes and 3D imaging with intracardiac probes, may change the intra-procedural imaging protocols in the future.
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Hahn, R.T. (2014). Common Uses of Echocardiography for TAVR. In: Min, J., Berman, D., Leipsic, J. (eds) Multimodality Imaging for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2798-7_29
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