Anatomical features of acute mitral valve repair dysfunction: Additional value of three-dimensional echocardiography

Three-Dimensional Echocardiography of the Mitral Valve

Transthoracic real-time three-dimensional echocardiography offers additional value in the assessment of mitral valve morphology and area following mitral valve repair.

AIMS The accurate postoperative assessment of mitral valve repair is important not only to document operative outcome, but also to confirm the functional morphology of the repaired valve. METHODS AND RESULTS We assessed 25 consecutive patients following mitral valve repair with transthoracic real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) and 2-dimensional echocardiography (2DE). We compared...

Three Dimensional Echocardiography in Mitral Valve Disease

Three-dimensional echocardiography has evolved from a laborious technique of prolonged image acquisition and reconstruction into a push-button tool performed with surface and transesophageal ultrasound transducers. Recent advances in matrix transducers with more than 3000 crystals and new processors allow for the acquisition of real-time images without the need for off-line reconstruction. In a...

Three-dimensional echocardiography in mitral valve disease.

Three-dimensional echocardiography offers great promise for improving the understanding of the mitral valve anatomy, function, and pathology. It may have important implications for medical or surgical management of different mitral valve disease. In this article we provide an overview of the three-dimensional anatomy of the mitral valve. Based on the studies using three-dimensional echocardiogr...

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). ...