TY  - JOUR
AU  - Guo, Yong
AU  - He, Yihua
AU  - Zhang, Ye
AU  - Ge, Shuping
AU  - Sun, Lin
AU  - Liu, Wenxu
AU  - Han, Jiancheng
AU  - Gu, Xiaoyan
PY  - 2018
TI  - Assessment of the mitral valve coaptation zone with 2D and 3D transesophageal echocardiography before and after mitral valve repair
JF  - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 10, No 1 (January 31, 2018): Journal of Thoracic Disease
Y2  - 2018
KW  - 
N2  - Background: Mitral valve (MV) coaptation is very important in MV repair patients. But accurate quantitation of the degree of MV coaptation remains challenging. This study aimed to evaluate the utility of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to assess MV coaptation before and after MV repair.   Methods: Forty-eight patients [(age: 52.23±13.31 years; 26 men (54.17%)] undergoing MV repair for mitral regurgitation (MR) were studied. We assessed the utility of 2D and 3D TEE to assess MV coaptation before and after MV repair. Complete conventional 2D and 3D TEE studies were performed, and the degree of the MV coaptation defect before and after surgery was assessed by measuring the MV coaptation length (CL) and length index (CLI) with 2D TEE, and the coaptation area (CA) and coaptation area index (CAI) with 3D TEE.   Results: CL and CLI were measured successfully in 46 (95.83%) patients and CA and CAI in 39 (81.25%). Compared with preoperatively, postoperative CL, CLI, CA, and CAI were significantly increased (CL: 4.99±0.79 to 9.66±1.09 mm, P
UR  - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/18369