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European Heart Journal 2004 25(23):2073-2074; doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2004.10.001
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Should mitral valve area assessment in patients with mitral stenosis be based on anatomical or on functional evaluation? A plea for 3D echocardiography as the new clinical standard

Herman F.J. Mannaerts*, Otto Kamp and Cees A. Visser

VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received October 1, 2004; revised October 1, 2004; accepted October 5, 2004 * Correspondence to: Dr. Herman FJ Mannaerts, Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 204442244; fax: +31 204442446 (E-mail: hfj.mannaerts@vumc.nl).

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This editorial refers to "Non-invasive assessment of mitral valve area during percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty: role of real-time 3D echocardiography"{dagger} by J. Zamorano et al. on page 2086

In the last decade, 3D echocardiography has evolved from a research tool to clinical utility in several cardiac applications. One of these is the accurate planimetry of native stenotic mitral1–7 and aortic8 valves and even mechanical prosthetic valves, both in the mitral and aortic position.9

Percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty (PMV) has become the procedure of choice for treatment of selected patients with mitral stenosis with . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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