title: The mitral valve: characterisation by real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. Current status.
abstract: The complex anatomy of mitral valve demands precise and sophisticated imaging during any intervention .Transesophageal echocardiography has been the most frequently used modality. With the advent of three-dimensional echocardiography a more comprehensive description of the mitral valve is now possible. This review aims to discuss the framework for imaging the mitral valve by three-dimensional echocardiography; its current status and the limitations of three-dimensional echocardiography in its current platform.
authors.affiliation: Escorts Heart Institute & Research Centre, Okhla, New Delhi--110025.
authors.forename: Biswajit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pau
authors.forename: Ashok K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Omar
mesh_terms: D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*