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