Surgical treatment of left-ventricular outflow-tract obstruction guided by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.

ABSTRACT

Transesophageal echocardiography may provide additional morphologic information in many cases of cardiovascular disease when compared with the traditional transthoracic approach. In our department 3 male patients underwent surgical treatment with preoperative diagnosis of left-ventricular outflow-tract obstruction. We describe the intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic findings and in which way they guided the surgical strategy.