ECHO 2013 / The Role of 3D Echo in Valvular Heart Disease
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Why is localizing the scallop
important?
Probability of Repair
•P2excellent
•Anterior leaflet and other posterior scallops less good
Three-D helps identify which patients are
more likely to be repaired vs. replaced
Fibro-elastic deficiency vs.
Barlow’s
Examples of views of the MV from the left atrial perspective obtained in 2 patients with DMVD.
Chandra S et al. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2011;4:24-32
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Scatterplots demonstrating the cutoff values of 1.0 mm for billowing height (vertical dashed line) and cutoff value of 1.15 mL for billowing volume (horizontal dashed line) in differentiating patients with BD versus FED.
Chandra S et al. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2011;4:24-32
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Functional
Ischemic, Non-ischemic
Can 3D help with
quantitation?
Yes