Caution Is Warranted When Assessing Diastolic Function Using Transesophageal Echocardiography. Comment on Kyle et al. Consensus Defined Diastolic Dysfunction and Cardiac Postoperative Morbidity Score: A Prospective Observational Study. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 5198
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The observations of Sanfilippo et al regarding the work of Keyl et al arequite obvious since the assessment of diastolic dysfunction according to
the 2016 ASE and EACVI guidelines is validated for outpatients.
Therefore the use of the TEE in this setting suffers from many
technical limitations. I would invite the authors in the final part of
the paper to emphasize the merits of the TEE in patients undergoing cardiac
surgery such as left ventricular systolic function, right ventricular
function, fluid management, cardiac index.