ArticleCardiovascular ultrasound2018
3D vena contracta area after MitraClip© procedure: precise quantification of residual mitral regurgitation and identification of prognostic information.
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- Three-dimensional mitral valve geometry after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair: PASCAL versus PASCAL-ACE-implications for devices selection.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026Article
- NT-proBNP in the very old population: reference values and heart failure specificity from the AugUR-study.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026Article
- Intraprocedural 3D-vena contracta area predicts survival after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair: results from MITRA-PRO registry.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2025Article
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- Correlation of Intraprocedural and Follow Up Parameters for Mitral Regurgitation Grading after Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Repair.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- State-of-the-art intra-procedural imaging for the mitral and tricuspid PASCAL Repair System.European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging · 2022Review
- 3D echocardiography in mitral valve prolapse.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- Immediate Post-Procedural and Discharge Assessment of Mitral Valve Function Following Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair: Correlation and Association with Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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- Predictors of functional improvement in the short term after MitraClip implantation in patients with secondary mitral regurgitation.PloS one · 2020Article
- A Comprehensive Engineering Analysis of Left Heart Dynamics After MitraClip in a Functional Mitral Regurgitation Patient.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundPercutaneous mitral valve repair (PMVR) is increasingly performed in patients with severe mitral regurgitation (MR). Post-procedural MR grading is challenging and an unsettled issue. We hypothesised that the direct planimetry of vena contracta area (VCA) by 3D-transoesophageal echocardiography allows quantifying post-procedural MR and implies further prognostic relevance missed by the usual ordinal scale (grade I-IV).
methodsBased on a single-centre PMVR registry containing 102 patients, the association of VCA reduction and patients' functional capacity measured as six-minute walk distance (6 MW) was evaluated. 3D-colour-Doppler datasets were available before, during and 4 weeks after PMVR.
resultsTwenty nine patients (age 77.0 ± 5.8 years) with advanced heart failure (75.9% NYHA III/IV) and severe degenerative (34%) or functional (66%) MR were eligible. VCA was reduced in all patients by PMVR (0.99 ± 0.46 cm
conclusionsVCA improves the evaluation of small residual MR. Its post-procedural values remain stable during a short-term follow-up and imply prognostic information for the patients' physical improvement. VCA might contribute to a more substantiated estimation of treatment success in the heterogeneous functional MR group.
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