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Value of assessment of tricuspid annulus: real-time three-dimensional echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging.

ABSTRACT: AIM: To detect the accuracy of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT3DE) and two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) for tricuspid annulus (TA) assessment compared with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS: Thirty patients (mean age 34 +/- 13 years, 60% males) in sinus rhythm were examined by MRI, RT3DE, and 2DE for TA assessment. End-diastolic and end-systolic TA diameter (TAD) and TA fractional shortening (TAFS) were measured by RT3DE, 2DE, and MRI. End-diastolic and end-systolic TA area (TAA) and TA fractional area changes (TAFAC) were measured by RT3DE and MRI. End-diastolic and end-systolic right ventricular (RV) volumes and ejection fraction (RV-EF) were measured by MRI. RESULTS: The TA was clearly delineated in all patients and visualized as an oval-shaped by RT3DE and MRI. There was a good correlation between TAD(MRI) and TAD(3D) (r = 0.75, P = 0.001), while TAD(2D) was fairly correlated with TAD(3D) and TAD(MRI) (r = 0.5, P = 0.01 for both). There were no significant differences between RT3DE and MRI in TAD, TAA, TAFS, and TAFAC measurements, while TAD(2D) and TAFS(2D) were significantly underestimated (P < 0.001). TAFS(2D) was not correlated with RV-EF, while TAFS(3D) and TAFAC(3D) were fairly correlated with RV-EF (r = 0.49, P = 0.01, and r = 0.47, P = 0.02 respectively). CONCLUSION: RT3DE helps in accurate assessment of TA comparable to MRI and may have an important implication in the TV surgical decision-making processes. RT3DE analysis of TA function could be used as a marker of RV function.

SUBMITTER: Anwar AM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2048828 | biostudies-other | 2007 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Project description:ObjectivesFunctional tricuspid regurgitation (FTR) is generally caused by the dilation of the tricuspid annulus (TA) and the tethering of tricuspid leaflets; however, it also occurs in patients without dilatation of the TA. The aim of this study was to develop and to use a four-dimensional tracking system, utilizing cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and to assess TA flexibility in patients with early FTR without right ventricle dilation as a preliminary investigation for the mechanism of early FTR.MethodsThe structure and movement of the TA were examined in 20 healthy subjects and 19 FTR patients whose right ventricle was not dilated. We analysed the short axis and longitudinal movement of a mid-septal point (S), a mid-lateral point (L), a mid-anterior point (A) and a mid-posterior point (P) on the TA throughout the cardiac cycle. The tethering distance of the tricuspid leaflets and the integrated orbiting volume of the TA were also measured.ResultsThe TA area (mm(2)) and AP and LS distances (mm) did not differ significantly between the two groups, but the longitudinally moving distances (mm) of the four points were significantly shorter in patients with FTR than in healthy subjects. Also, the mean tethering distance (mm) was significantly longer in patients with FTR than in healthy subjects (9.0 ± 1.5 vs 4.0 ± 1.3, respectively; P < 0.001), and the integrated volume (mm(3)) of the annular moving track, throughout the cardiac cycle, was significantly larger in healthy subjects than in patients with FTR (40 428 ± 10 951 vs 22 967 ± 6079, P < 0.001).ConclusionsThe longitudinal flexibility of the TA in FTR patients was significantly less than that in the healthy subjects, and the tethering of the tricuspid leaflets occurred in FTR patients despite the absence of TA and RV dilation, which can be one triggering factor of early FTR. Four-dimensional geometric assessment, using cardiac MRI and the tracking program that we have developed, is capable of determining TA structure and flexibility.

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