Patient-Specific Quantitation of Mitral Valve Strain by Computer Analysis of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Sagit Ben Zekry,
Jeff Freeman,
Aarti Jajoo,
Jiwen He,
Stephen H. Little,
Gerald M. Lawrie,
Robert Azencott,
William A. Zoghbi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.115.003254
Subject(s) - mitral regurgitation , medicine , mitral annulus , strain (injury) , mitral valve , annulus (botany) , cardiology , cardiac cycle , regurgitation (circulation) , anatomy , materials science , diastole , blood pressure , composite material
A paucity of data exists on mitral valve (MV) deformation during the cardiac cycle in man. Real-time 3-dimensional (3D) echocardiography now allows dynamic volumetric imaging of the MV, thus enabling computerized modeling of MV function directly in health and disease.
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