Quantitative assessment of severity of mitral regurgitation by serial echocardiography in a multicenter clinical trial of percutaneous mitral valve repair

E Foster, HS Wasserman, W Gray, S Homma… - The American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
The aims of the echocardiographic substudy of this multicenter trial were to evaluate the use
of quantitative assessment of mitral regurgitation (MR) severity using serial …

Quantitative analysis of mitral valve morphology in mitral valve prolapse with real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography: importance of annular saddle shape in the …

APW Lee, MC Hsiung, IS Salgo, F Fang, JM Xie… - Circulation, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Few data exist on the relation of the 3-dimensional morphology of mitral valve
and degree of mitral regurgitation (MR) in mitral valve prolapse. Methods and Results—Real …

Insights from three-dimensional echocardiography into the mechanism of functional mitral regurgitation: direct in vivo demonstration of altered leaflet tethering …

Y Otsuji, MD Handschumacher, E Schwammenthal… - Circulation, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Recent advances in three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography allow us to
address uniquely 3D scientific questions, such as the mechanism of functional mitral …

Intraoperative evaluation of mitral regurgitation by Doppler color flow mapping.

LS Czer, G Maurer, AF Bolger, M De Robertis… - Circulation, 1987 - europepmc.org
Excessive residual mitral regurgitation after mitral valve reconstruction or coronary artery
bypass graft surgery may necessitate reoperation. We evaluated a new intraoperative …

Evaluation of the mitral valve leaflet morphology after mitral valve reconstruction with a concept “coaptation length index”

T Yamauchi, K Taniguchi, S Kuki… - Journal of Cardiac …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: In clinical settings, information on morphology of mitral valve leaflet after mitral
valve reconstruction is limited. Methods: Between January 1996 and June 2000, 36 patients …

Mitral leaflet geometry perturbations with papillary muscle displacement and annular dilatation: an in-vitro study of ischemic mitral regurgitation.

S He, J Jimenez, Z He… - The Journal of heart valve …, 2003 - europepmc.org
Methods A new in-vitro LV flexible bag model was developed in order to visualize and
analyze leaflet geometric changes under simulated pathological ischemic MR conditions …

Quantification of mitral valve anatomy by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in mitral valve prolapse predicts surgical anatomy and the complexity …

P Biaggi, S Jedrzkiewicz, C Gruner, M Meineri… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is more
accurate than two-dimensional (2D) TEE in the qualitative assessment of mitral valve (MV) …

Mechanism of ischemic mitral regurgitation with segmental left ventricular dysfunction: three-dimensional echocardiographic studies in models of acute and chronic …

Y Otsuji, MD Handschumacher, N Liel-Cohen… - Journal of the American …, 2001 - jacc.org
OBJECTIVES This study aimed to separate proposed mechanisms for segmental ischemic
mitral regurgitation (MR), including left ventricular (LV) dysfunction versus geometric …

Echocardiography can predict which patients will develop severe mitral regurgitation after percutaneous mitral valvulotomy

LR Padial, N Freitas, A Sagie, JB Newell… - Journal of the American …, 1996 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES.: Using two-dimensional echocardiography, we sought to identify features that
are associated with severe mitral regurgitation after percutaneous mitral valvulotomy and …

Grading of mitral regurgitation by quantitative Doppler echocardiography: calibration by left ventricular angiography in routine clinical practice

KS Dujardin, M Enriquez-Sarano, KR Bailey… - Circulation, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Quantitative Doppler echocardiography and proximal flow convergence
methods are validated techniques for quantifying mitral regurgitation. However, the clinical …