MR/MS Flashcards
Describe the key features of rheumatic MS?
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Commisural Fusion
- leaflet: thick at tips
- Chordae: thick/retracted
- Short posterior leaflet
- Calcification: late
- MS > MR
Describe the key features of degenerative MS?
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Annular calcification
- Leaflet: thick at base
- Associated with atherosclerosis, HTN, AS
- MR > MS
What are the methods for determining MVA in MS?
- Planimetry
- Continuity equation
- PHT
- PISA
What is the formula for calculating MVA using PHT?
MVA = 220 / PHT
Define PHT
time required for the gradient between the LA and the LV to fall to one half of its initial value
What PHT correlates with severe MS?
- 150 ms
- 220/150 = 1.46 cm2
- < 1.5 cm2 –> severe MS
Under what conditions is PHT assessment of MS inaccurate?
- AR (short PHT)
- will rapidly increase the LV diastolic pressure and shorten PHT –> underestimation of MS (overestimation of MVA)
- Sudden changes in LA-LV compliance
- immediately following BMVP
- Diastolic dysfunction
- increased LV filling pressure
- ASD
****less accurate in calcific MS
What group of patients should PHT assessment of MS be avoided?
Elderly patients with calcific, degnerative MS
How do you calculate MVA using the continuity equation?
MVA = LVOTVTI x LVOTarea / MVVTI
- MVA = LVOT D2 x 0.785 x ( LVOTVTI / MVVTI )
What situations make use of the continuity equation unreliable in assessment of MS?
- MR
- AR
- A-Fib
What is one change in the echo settings that is useful when calculating PISA?
shift baseline (aliasing velocity) in the direction of the flow
What is the formula for calculating MVA using PISA?
MVA = 6.28 x r2 x Vr / Peak Vmax x angle/180
- r = radius of convergence hemisphere
- Vr = aliasing velocity c/s
- Vmax = peak CWD velocity of mitral inflow c/s
- angle = opening angle of mitral leaflets relative to flow direction
What are the Class I ASE recommendations for MVA?
- Planimetry
- PHT
What are the Class 2 ASE recommendations for MVA?
- PISA
- Continuity equation
What is the best/most reproducible method for assessing MVA in rheumatic MS?
3D planimetry
What is the best/most reproducible method for assessing MVA in degenerative MS?
Continuity equation > 3D planimetry
What are the levels of severity for MS: MVA
- Progressive > 1.5 cm2
- Severe 1.0-1.5 cm2
- Very severe < 1.0 cm2
What are the levels of severity for MS: MG
- Progressive < 5 mmHg
- Severe 5-10 mmHg
- Very severe > 10 mmHg
What are the levels of severity for MS: PHT
- Severe > 150
- Very Severe > 220
What are the levels of severity for MS: PASP
- Severe > 30 (50) mmHg
- Very severe > 30 (70) mmHg
What factors should be considered in evaluation for balloon valvuloplasty of MS?
- Valve pliable:
- commissural calcification
- Wilkins/Abascal Score < 8
- Mobility (1-4)
- Thickening (1-4)
- Calcification (1-4)
- Sub-valvular thickening (1-4)
- MR < 2+
- No thrombus in LAA
What are the indications for PMBV?
- Symptoms
- Severe MS
- Feasibile valvuloplasty
- Asymptomatic + Pulmonary hypertension
What are unusual (acquired) etiologies of MS?
- Lupus
- Carcinoid
- Drugs
- Radiation
- Infiltrative (Maroteaux-Lamy)
- Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IV
- Iatrogenic
What are unusual (congenital) etiologies of MS?
- Luttembacher (ASD + MS)
- Shone (AS + MS + Coarctation)
- Supravalvular membrane































