title: Live/real-time three-dimensional transthoracic assessment of mitral regurgitation and mitral valve prolapse.
abstract: Evaluation of the mitral valve requires appreciation of its complex geometry. To accurately guide surgical interventions and describe pathology, three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is an immense improvement over the cumbersome mental reconstruction required by two-dimensional approaches. Here we describe real-time, three-dimensional transthoracic techniques for assessing mitral regurgitation and mitral valve prolapse.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heart Station SWB/S102, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014463:Ultrasonography; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*