ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Novel 3D Echocardiographic Technique for Mitral Calcium Mapping.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Society of cardiothoracic surgery in great Britain and Ireland guidance for adult mitral valve disease and interventions.BMJ surgery, interventions, & health technologies · 2025Article
- Mitral Annular Calcification-Related Valvular Disease: A Challenging Entity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Mitral annular calcification (MAC) is a common chronic degenerative process of the mitral valve fibrous support ring. MAC increases the risk of mitral valve dysfunction, all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, and worse outcomes in cardiac interventions. Echocardiography represents the first imaging modality for MAC assessment, but it has low specificity compared to cardiac CT in terms of distinguishing between calcium and dense collagen. Novel three-dimensional transesophageal maximal intensity projection (MIP) mapping allows for the real-time MAC distribution and depth visualization of the cardiac anatomy and represents a useful and promising tool for pre-procedural assessment and intra-procedural guidance of cardiac interventions.
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