title: Echocardiographic assessment of ischemic mitral regurgitation.
abstract: Ischemic mitral regurgitation is an important consequence of LV remodeling after myocardial infarction. Echocardiographic diagnosis and assessment of ischemic mitral regurgitation are critical to gauge its adverse effects on prognosis and to attempt to tailor rational treatment strategy. There is no single approach to the echocardiographic assessment of ischemic mitral regurgitation: standard echocardiographic measures of mitral regurgitation severity and of LV dysfunction are complemented by assessments of displacement of the papillary muscles and quantitative indices of mitral valve deformation. Development of novel approaches to understand mitral valve geometry by echocardiography may improve understanding of the mechanism, clinical trajectory, and reparability of ischemic mitral regurgitation.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dudzinski
authors.affiliation: Echocardiography Laboratory, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. jhung@partners.org.
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hung
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*