Intraprocedural echocardiography in relation to the applied technique (TTE or TOE) and investigator (anaesthetist or cardiologist) as reported by the survey participators
| Echocardiography during TF-TAVI | TOE | TTE | ||
| % | n | % | n | |
| During general anaesthesia | ||||
| Performed by anaesthetists | 47.1 | 24/51 | 2.0 | 1/51 |
| Performed by cardiologists | 7.8 | 4/51 | 9.8 | 5/51 |
| Performed by either anaesthetists or cardiologists | 17.6 | 9/51 | 2.0 | 1/51 |
| During procedural sedation | ||||
| Performed by anaesthetists | 7.8 | 4/51 | 9.8 | 5/51 |
| Performed by cardiologists | 5.9 | 3/51 | 31.4 | 16/51 |
| Performed by either anaesthetists or cardiologists | 2.0 | 1/51 | 7.8 | 4/51 |
TF-TAVI, transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation; TOE, transesophageal echocardiography; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography.