title: 3-dimensional echocardiography and its role in preoperative mitral valve evaluation.
abstract: Echocardiography plays a key role in the preoperative evaluation of mitral valve disease. 3-dimensional echocardiography is a relatively new development that is being used more and more frequently in the evaluation of these patients. This article reviews the available literature comparing the use of this new technology to classic techniques in the assessment of mitral valve pathology. The authors also review some of the novel insights learned from 3-dimensional echocardiography and how they may be used in surgical decision making and planning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. mandrawes@parters.org
authors.forename: Michael N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Andrawes
authors.forename: Jared W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Feinman
mesh_terms: D063126:Balloon Valvuloplasty; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D057234:Preoperative Period