Design of a new surgical approach for ventricular remodeling to relieve ischemic mitral regurgitation - Insights from 3-dimensional echocardiography
Design of a new surgical approach for ventricular remodeling to relieve ischemic mitral regurgitation - Insights from 3-dimensional echocardiography
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.101.23.2756
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发表时间:
2000-06-13
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37.8
通讯作者:
Levine, RA
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作者:
Liel-Cohen, N;Guerrero, JL;Levine, RA
Background-Mechanistic insights from 3D echocardiography (echo) can guide therapy. In particular, ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) is difficult to repair, often persisting despite annular reduction. We hypothesized that (1) in a chronic infarct model of progressive MR, regurgitation parallels 3D changes in the geometry of mitral leaflet attachments, causing increased leaflet tethering and restricting closure; therefore, (2) MR can be reduced by restoring tethering geometry toward normal, using a new ventricular remodeling approach based on 3D echo findings.Methods and Results-We studied 10 sheep by 3D echo just after circumflex marginal ligation and 8 weeks later. MR, at first absent, became moderate as the left ventricle (LV) dilated and the papillary muscles shifted posteriorly and mediolaterally, increasing the leaflet tethering distance from papillary muscle tips to the anterior mitral annulus (P