0402: Assessment of tricuspid annulus shape and orientation using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Geometric comparison of the mitral and tricuspid valve annulus: Insights from three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

AIM To apply real time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (RT3D TEE) for quantitative and qualitative assessment of the mitral valve annulus (MVA) and tricuspid valve annulus (TVA) in the same patient. METHODS Our retrospective cohort study examined the MVA and TVA in 49 patients by RT3D TEE. MVA and TVA shape were examined by TEE. The MVA and TVA volume data set images were a...

Saddle shape of mitral valve annulus: three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography.

Mailing Address: Marcelo luiz Campos Vieira • Rua Cardoso de Melo, 463/21 04548-002 – São Paulo, SP, Brazil E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received October 11, 2005; revised manuscript received October 17, 2005; accepted October 17, 2005. We are describing the case of volunteer, 28 years old, male, submitted to transdimensional transthoracic echocardiographic investigation (3D echo). ...

Tricuspid annular dynamics before and after tricuspid annuloplasty- three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.

BACKGROUND Little is known about the impact of tricuspid annuloplasty (TAP) on annular dynamics. We assessed tricuspid annular dynamics using 3-D transesophageal echocardiography (3D-TEE) before and after TAP with different types of prosthetic ring. METHODS AND RESULTS 3D-TEE of the tricuspid valve was acquired in 30 patients (TAP with rigid ring [RR], n=8; TAP with flexible ring [FR], n=10; ...

Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography of pacemaker endocarditis.

Partial detachment of tricuspid valve annuloplasty ring detected by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

A 45-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital with shortness of breath and swelling in the leg. Ten months prior to the admission she had undergone mitral valve replacement (31 St. Jude bioprosthesis) and tricuspid valve annuloplasty (33 Medtronic ring) because of carcinoid heart disease. All infective parameters were within the normal limits and no fever was detected. A two-dimensi...