Usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the identification of individual segment/scallop prolapse of the mitral valve.
In this report, we present 34 patients in whom surgical intervention was undertaken for severe mitral insufficiency due to mitral valve prolapse (MVP). Location and severity of MVP and regurgitation were assessed preoperatively by live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography and closely agreed with the surgical findings.
Patel
Vinod
V
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
Hsiung
Ming Chon
MC
Nanda
Navin C
NC
Miller
Andrew P
AP
Fang
Ligang
L
Yelamanchili
Pridhvi
P
Mehmood
Farhat
F
Gupta
Mohit
M
Duncan
Kurt
K
Singh
Anurag
A
Rajdev
Sanjay
S
Fan
Pohoey
P
Naftel
David C
DC
McGiffin
David C
DC
Pacifico
Albert D
AD
Kirklin
James K
JK
Lin
Chang-Chyi
CC
Yin
Wei-Hsian
WH
Young
Mason-Shing
MS
Chang
Chung-Yi
CY
Wei
Jeng
J
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity