Open AccessThree-Dimensional Echocardiographic Analysis of Mitral Annular Dynamics
Author(s) -
Melissa M. Levack,
Arminder S. Jassar,
Eric K. Shang,
Mathieu Vergnat,
Y. Joseph Woo,
Michael A. Acker,
Benjamin M. Jackson,
Joseph H. Gorman,
Robert C. Gorman
Publication year - 2012
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.111.084483
Subject(s) - mitral regurgitation , medicine , cardiology , mitral valve , systole , diastole , regurgitation (circulation) , mitral valve annuloplasty , mitral valve repair , blood pressure
Proponents of flexible annuloplasty rings have hypothesized that such devices maintain annular dynamics. This hypothesis is based on the supposition that annular motion is relatively normal in patients undergoing mitral valve repair. We hypothesized that mitral annular dynamics are impaired in ischemic mitral regurgitation and myxomatous mitral regurgitation.
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