title: Multiplanar visualization in 3D transthoracic echocardiography for precise delineation of mitral valve pathology.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Echocardiography, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Suman S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kuppahally
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paloma
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Craig Miller
authors.forename: Ingela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schnittger
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery