Why the study?
Does three-dimensional echocardiography improve the assessment of regurgitant mitral valve morphology compared to multiplane transoesophageal echocardiography in patients prior to mitral valve repair surgery?
Population
75 patients studied prior to mitral valve repair surgery
Comparison
Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography vs Multiplane transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May support pre-repair mitral assessment; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Does three-dimensional echocardiography improve the assessment of regurgitant mitral valve morphology compared to multiplane transoesophageal echocardiography in patients prior to mitral valve repair surgery?
3D echocardiography provides superior accuracy over multiplane TOE for the complete recognition and localization of mitral valve pathology prior to repair surgery.
Anita Macnab (2004) studied this question.
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