Mitral valve (MV) repair is the preferred treatment for mitral regurgitation associated with organic MV prolapse (MVP). Our goals were to describe by transthoracic real-time 3D echocardiography (RT3D TTE) the pre-operative changes in mitral annulus (MA) dynamic morphology related to MVP, compared with a normal population, and to evaluate the differential long-term effects induced by annuloplasty, using either an incomplete flexible band or a complete semi-rigid ring.
Quantification of mitral annulus dynamic morphology in patients with mitral valve prolapse undergoing repair and annuloplasty during a 6-month follow-up / E.G. Caiani, L. Fusini, F. Veronesi, G. Tamborini, F. Maffessanti, P. Gripari, C. Corsi, M. Naliato, M. Zanobini, F. Alamanni, M. Pepi. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. - ISSN 1525-2167. - 12:5(2011 May), pp. 375-383. [10.1093/ejechocard/jer016]
Quantification of mitral annulus dynamic morphology in patients with mitral valve prolapse undergoing repair and annuloplasty during a 6-month follow-up
L. Fusini;P. Gripari;F. Alamanni;
2011
Abstract
Mitral valve (MV) repair is the preferred treatment for mitral regurgitation associated with organic MV prolapse (MVP). Our goals were to describe by transthoracic real-time 3D echocardiography (RT3D TTE) the pre-operative changes in mitral annulus (MA) dynamic morphology related to MVP, compared with a normal population, and to evaluate the differential long-term effects induced by annuloplasty, using either an incomplete flexible band or a complete semi-rigid ring.
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