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Insights into functional mitral regurgitation using transillumination rendering
Author(s) -
Ramirez Roberto H.,
Ro Richard,
Lerakis Stamatios,
Argulian Edgar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.15038
Subject(s) - functional mitral regurgitation , mitral regurgitation , dilation (metric space) , cardiology , transillumination , medicine , mitral valve , anatomy , pathology , heart failure , geometry , mathematics , ejection fraction
Secondary mitral regurgitation has been originally explained by tethering of the structurally normal mitral leaflets or by mitral annular dilation after atrial remodeling. Advances in echocardiography have provided more insights into functional anatomy of the mitral valve leaflets as active participants in this entity.