Are 4D Flow CMR and 3D TEE useful complementary techniques in the preoperative planning of a mitral paravalvular leak?
4D flow CMR and 3D TEE are complementary imaging modalities for the detailed preoperative assessment of mitral paravalvular leaks.
Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography and 4-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging as complementary techniques in the preoperative planning of a mitral paravalvular leak allow the evaluation of its location, shape, and size and qualitative-quantitative analysis of mitral regurgitant orifice. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).
Ulloa et al. (Wed,) studied this question.