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Chapter-12 Three-dimensional Echocardiography in PMV: The Latest Tool

BOOK TITLE: Percutaneous Mitral Valvotomy

Author
1. Siddharth Gadage
2. Sivasankaran Sivasubramonian
ISBN
9789352701926
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14152_13
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
9
Author Affiliations
1. Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, India
2. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Chapter keywords
Doppler echocardiography, three-dimensional echocardiography, rheumatic mitral stenosis, mitral valve anatomy, left atrial appendage, imaging protocol, transesophageal echocardiography, TEE

Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to focus on the three-dimensional echocardiography in PMV. Henry in 1975 for the first time planimetered the mitral valve orifice, a measurement hitherto not available without cardiac catheterization. The difficulties in clearly imaging the smallest mitral valve orifice in a diseased valve were partly overcome with the advent of Doppler echocardiography using methods like the continuity equation and the pressure half time. The ability to accurately localize the smallest orifice has essentially made three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography the Gold standard for the assessment of rheumatic mitral stenosis. Though invasive, 3D transesophageal echo (TEE) done simultaneously during preprocedural evaluation to rule out left atrial thrombi, gives the best pictures to study the mitral valve. The mitral valve apparatus is a complex three-dimensional structure consisting of the leaflets, the mitral annulus, the chordae tendineae, the papillary muscles and the left ventricle itself. Three-dimensional echocardiography in rheumatic mitral stenosis, mitral valve anatomy, procedural 3D TEE in the interventional catheterization laboratory, left atrial appendage, and imaging protocol are covered in this chapter.

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