2015
Comparison of Transesophageal and Transthoracic Echocardiographic Measurements of Mechanism and Severity of Mitral Regurgitation in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (from the Surgical Treatment of Ischemic Heart Failure Trial)
Grayburn PA, She L, Roberts BJ, Golba KS, Mokrzycki K, Drozdz J, Cherniavsky A, Przybylski R, Wrobel K, Asch FM, Holly TA, Haddad H, Yii M, Maurer G, Kron I, Schaff H, Velazquez EJ, Oh JK. Comparison of Transesophageal and Transthoracic Echocardiographic Measurements of Mechanism and Severity of Mitral Regurgitation in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (from the Surgical Treatment of Ischemic Heart Failure Trial). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2015, 116: 913-918. PMID: 26170249, PMCID: PMC4554976, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.06.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransesophageal echocardiographyMitral regurgitationIschemic cardiomyopathyMR gradeIschemic Heart Failure (STICH) trialMechanism of MRBaseline transesophageal echocardiographyHeart Failure TrialIndependent core laboratoryIschemic heart diseaseFunctional mitral regurgitationComparison of TransesophagealMitral annular diameterModest correlationMitral annulus diameterTransthoracic echocardiographic measurementsTransthoracic echocardiography imagingTenting areaBlood pressureSurgical treatmentFailure TrialEchocardiographic measurementsHeart diseaseTTE measurementsAnnulus diameter
2013
Mechanisms of Functional Mitral Regurgitation in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Determined by Transesophageal Echocardiography (from the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure Trial)
Golba K, Mokrzycki K, Drozdz J, Cherniavsky A, Wrobel K, Roberts BJ, Haddad H, Maurer G, Yii M, Asch FM, Handschumacher MD, Holly TA, Przybylski R, Kron I, Schaff H, Aston S, Horton J, Lee KL, Velazquez EJ, Grayburn PA, Investigators S. Mechanisms of Functional Mitral Regurgitation in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Determined by Transesophageal Echocardiography (from the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure Trial). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2013, 112: 1812-1818. PMID: 24035166, PMCID: PMC3830629, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.07.047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd-systolic volume indexLV end-systolic volume indexFunctional mitral regurgitationLV ejection fractionSeverity of MRMitral regurgitationVolume indexTenting areaIschemic cardiomyopathyMR gradeAnnulus areaVentricular end-systolic volume indexIschemic Heart Failure (STICH) trialSphericity indexHeart Failure TrialEffective regurgitant orifice areaPosterior leaflet angleMitral annulus areaMitral annulus diameterRegurgitant orifice areaSTICH trialSurgical treatmentEjection fractionFailure TrialTransesophageal echocardiography
2012
Mechanisms and Predictors of Mitral Regurgitation after High-Risk Myocardial Infarction
Meris A, Amigoni M, Verma A, Thune JJ, Køber L, Velazquez E, McMurray JJ, Pfeffer MA, Califf R, Levine RA, Solomon SD, Investigators V. Mechanisms and Predictors of Mitral Regurgitation after High-Risk Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American Society Of Echocardiography 2012, 25: 535-542. PMID: 22305962, PMCID: PMC3501447, DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2012.01.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsAgedAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsCaptoprilDisease ProgressionEchocardiography, Doppler, ColorElectrocardiographyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMitral Valve InsufficiencyMonitoring, PhysiologicMultivariate AnalysisMyocardial InfarctionPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesReference ValuesReproducibility of ResultsRisk AssessmentROC CurveSeverity of Illness IndexSex FactorsStatistics, NonparametricStroke VolumeTetrazolesTime FactorsValineValsartanVentricular Dysfunction, LeftVentricular RemodelingConceptsHigh-risk myocardial infarctionBaseline mitral regurgitationMitral regurgitationMyocardial infarctionAtrial sizeIndependent predictorsCoaptation depthProgression of MRMitral valve deformationStructural valve diseaseSevere mitral regurgitationFunctional mitral regurgitationIschemic mitral regurgitationGood-quality echocardiogramsMitral annular areaMitral tentingMR degreeLV dysfunctionTenting areaBaseline characteristicsDiastolic functionHeart failureValve diseaseLV remodelingVentricular remodeling