Feasibility of Intraoperative 3-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Prospective Observational Pilot Study.

To assess the feasibility of intraoperative 3-dimensional speckle-tracking-based myocardial deformation analysis for evaluation of twist, torsion, and strain using speckle tracking, and to investigate the immediate changes in these parameters after aortic valve replacement. Prospective observational study SETTING: Single-center study at a tertiary academic cardiac center PARTICIPANTS: Forty-nine patients undergoing minimally invasive surgical aortic valve replacement INTERVENTIONS: Acquisition of full-volume images of the left ventricle after induction of anesthesia and at the end of surgery using transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), and analysis of the datasets using 3D speckle-tracking-based myocardial deformation analysis (Tomtec Arena). Of the 49 complete volume datasets, 30 (61%) had quality sufficient for speckle tracking. No significant differences were observed between the examinations in terms of ejection fraction (EF) (p = 0.177), global longitudinal strain (GLS) (p = 0.276), circumferential strain (CS) (p = 0.238), twist (p = 0.970), or torsion (p = 0.417). 3D speckle-tracking-based myocardial deformation analysis from intraoperative TEE datasets is feasible in >60% of patients with aortic valve stenosis. There were no statistically significant differences in GLS, CS, twist, or torsion between the intraoperative examinations.

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