Three-dimensional analysis of the tricuspid annular geometry in healthy subjects and in patients with different grades of functional tricuspid regurgitation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate sizing of the tricuspid valve annulus is essential for determining the optimal timing of tricuspid valve (TV) intervention. Two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography has limitations for comprehensive TV analysis. Three-dimensional (3D) imaging of the valve provides a better understanding of its spatial anatomy and enables more accurate measurements of TV structures.

Objectives

The study aimed to analyze tricuspid annulus (TA) parameters in normal heart and in different grades of functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR); to compare TA measurements obtained by 2D and 3D echocardiography.

Methods

One hundred fifty-five patients (median age 65 years, 57% women) with normal TV and different functional TR grades underwent 2D and 3D transthoracic echocardiogra

SUBMITTER: Bieliauskiene G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10503068 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature