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Multiplanar Visualization in 3D Transthoracic Echocardiography for Precise Delineation of Mitral Valve Pathology
Author(s) -
Liang David,
Paloma Allan,
Kuppahally Suman S.,
Craig Miller D.,
Schnittger Ingela
Publication year - 2008
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/j.1540-8175.2007.00566.x
Subject(s) - mitral regurgitation , medicine , mitral valve , mitral valve prolapse , mitral valve repair , radiology , mitral valve regurgitation , cardiology
A novel multiplanar reformatting (MPR) technique in three‐dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (3D TTE) was used to precisely localize the prolapsed lateral segment of posterior mitral valve leaflet in a patient symptomatic with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and moderate mitral regurgitation (MR) before undergoing mitral valve repair surgery. Transesophageal echocardiography was avoided based on the findings of this new technique by 3D TTE. It was noninvasive, quick, reproducible and reliable. Also, it did not need the time‐consuming reconstruction of multiple cardiac images. Mitral valve repair surgery was subsequently performed based on the MPR findings and corroborated the findings from the MPR examination.