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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2023

Flow dynamic assessment of native mitral valve, mitral valve repair and mitral valve replacement using vector flow mapping intracardiac flow dynamic in mitral valve regurgitation.

Nicola Riccardo Pugliese, Andrea Colli, Giosuè Falcetta, Lavinia Del Punta, Carlo Puccinelli, Alessandro Fiocco, Anna Sonia Petronio, Stefano Taddei, Stefano Masi, Laura Besola

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Hemodynamic Evaluation for Mitral Valve Replacement.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026
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  3. Intracardiac flow dynamics in mitral regurgitation: state of the art.European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice · 2025
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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicola Riccardo PuglieseDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Andrea ColliDepartment of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Giosuè FalcettaDepartment of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Lavinia Del PuntaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Carlo PuccinelliDepartment of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Alessandro FioccoDepartment of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Anna Sonia PetronioDepartment of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Stefano TaddeiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Stefano MasiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Laura BesolaDepartment of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
University of Pisa · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: The present study aims to assess and describe the intracardiac blood flow dynamic in patients with mitral regurgitation (MR), repaired mitral valves (MV) and mitral valve prostheses using vector flow mapping (VFM). Methods: Patients with different MV pathologies and MV disease treatments were analysed. All patients underwent 2D transthoracic echocardiography, and images for flow visualization were acquired in VFM mode in an apical three-chamber view and four-chamber view. Vectors and vortices were qualitatively analyzed. Results: thirty-two (32) patients underwent 2D transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with VFM analysis. We evaluated intracardiac flow dynamics in 3 healthy subjects, 10 patients with MR (5 degenerative, 5 functional), 4 patients who underwent MV repair, 5 who underwent MV replacement (3 biological, 2 mechanical), 2 surgically implanted transcatheter heart valve (THV), 2 transcatheter edge-to-edge MV repair with MitraClip (TEER), 3 transcatheter MV replacement (TMVR) and 3 transapical off-pump MV repair with NeoChord implantation. Blood flow patterns are significantly altered in patients with MV disease and MV repair compared to control patients. MV repair is superior to replacement in restoring more physiologicalpatterns, while TMVR reproducesan intraventricular flowcloser to normal than surgical MVR and TEER. Conclusions: Intracardiac flow patterns can be clearly defined using VFM. Restoration of a physiological blood flow pattern inside the LV directly depends on the procedure used to address MV disease.

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intracardiac flow dynamicmitral valve disease (MV disease)TEERTMVRvector flow mapping (VFM)

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PMID37034321
PMCPMC10080047
OpenAlexW4360872605

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