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Modeling the Myxomatous Mitral Valve With Three-Dimensional Echocardiography

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.087

Author(s)

Alison M. Pouch, Benjamin M. Jackson, Eric Lai, Manabu Takebe, Sijie Tian, Albert T. Cheung, Y. Joseph Woo, Prakash A. Patel, Hongzhi Wang, Paul A. Yushkevich, Robert C. Gorman, Joseph H. Gorman

The authors evaluated the accuracy of a semi-automated method of developing 3D images of mitral valve disease, generated from 3D echocardiograms, in clinical decision making. Resulting images were very similar to images created through laborious analysis by hand of echo results, and were dissimilar to images of normal mitral valves. The clinical utility of this technology will need to be assessed.