title: Usefulness of live/real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in the identification of individual segment/scallop prolapse of the mitral valve.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Ming Chon
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hsiung
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Ligang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Pridhvi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yelamanchili
authors.forename: Farhat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mehmood
authors.forename: Mohit
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajdev
authors.forename: Pohoey
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Naftel
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: McGiffin
authors.forename: Albert D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Pacifico
authors.forename: James K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kirklin
authors.forename: Chang-Chyi
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wei-Hsian
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Mason-Shing
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Chung-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Jeng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: 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