Significant mitral regurgitation in patients undergoing TAVR: Mechanisms and imaging variables associated with improvement.

Olivier ChicheJosep Rodés-CabauFrancisco Campelo-ParadaAfonso B Freitas-FerrazAnder RegueiroChekrallah ChamandiTania Rodriguez-GabellaMélanie CôtéRobert DeLarochellièreJean-Michel ParadisEric DumontDaniel DoyleSiamak MohammadiSébastien BergeronPhilippe PibarotJonathan Beaudoin

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2019)

Larger mitral valve tenting area was associated with more improvement of MR after TAVR whereas extensive MAC associated with leaflet restriction was associated with less improvement. This may help in the clinical decision-making process of TAVR candidates with concomitant MR.

Keyphrases

mitral valve
aortic valve
transcatheter aortic valve replacement
aortic stenosis
patients undergoing
decision making
left atrial
left ventricular
high resolution
magnetic resonance
contrast enhanced
computed tomography
coronary artery disease
mass spectrometry