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OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to quantify the mitral valve (MV) annulus, the MV shape and the anatomical MV orifice area throughout the cardiac cycle using 4-dimensional MV analysis software in patients with primary mitral regurgitation (PMR) and secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) in comparison to a healthy control group. METHODS Three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiograms of the MV were acquired for 29 patients with PMR, for 28 patients with SMR and for 18 healthy control subjects. The MV was quantified with regards to anterior-posterior and lateromedial diameter, annular area and circumference, intertrigonal (IT) distance, annular sphericity index, annular height to commissural width ration, and anatomical MV orifice area throughout the cardiac cycle using 3-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiography-based 4-dimensional MV advanced analysis software. RESULTS Normal annulus dynamics display a systolic enlargement followed by an early-diastolic plateau phase and a late-diastolic contraction. The IT distance showed a linear association with the anterior-posterior diameter (= 1.11 × IT distance) and lateromedial diameter (= 1.44 × IT distance) in the control subjects. Mitral regurgitation is associated with a less dynamic, planar and dilated annulus with small variations between PMR and SMR. The IT distance was less affected by mitral regurgitation compared to the control subjects. CONCLUSIONS The novel 4-dimensional MV analysis allows new insights into the dynamic MV geometry in patients with PMR and SMR compared to the control subjects. The IT distance may be used to predict annuloplasty ring sizing.

Dynamic mitral valve geometry in patients with primary and secondary mitral regurgitation: implications for mitral valve repair†