Annular Geometry in Patients With Chronic Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Author(s) -
Shuichiro Kaji,
Michihiro Nasu,
Atsushi Yamamuro,
Kazuaki Tanabe,
Kunihiko Nagai,
Tomoko Tani,
Koichi Tamita,
Kenichi Shiratori,
Makoto Kinoshita,
Michio Senda,
Yukikatsu Okada,
Shigefumi Morioka
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.525246
Subject(s) - medicine , mitral regurgitation , cardiology , commissure , mitral valve , posterior commissure , mitral annulus , myocardial infarction , annulus (botany) , anatomy , geometry , blood pressure , diastole , mathematics , nucleus , psychiatry , botany , biology
Although animal studies showed that annular remodeling may be related to the pathogenesis of chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation (CIMR), little was known in humans. A better understanding of the precise 3D geometry of the mitral valvular-ventricular complex in CIMR is needed to devise a better surgical technique. The purpose of the study was to elucidate mitral annular geometry in patients with CIMR using cardiac MRI.
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