The value of echocardiography in the detection and evaluation of mitral annular disjunction
https://doi.org/10.24835/1607-0771-2022-3-17-29
Abstract
The article is a review of the literature on the importance of echocardiography in the detection and evaluation of the mitral annular disjunction, a specific anatomical anomaly characterized by a distinct separation between the mitral annulus and the wall of the left atrium on the one hand and the basal part of the posterolateral segment of the left ventricular myocardium on the other. Mitral annular disjunction is a common component of arrhythmic mitral valve prolapse with left ventricular fibrosis. Data are presented on the relationship between mitral annular disjunction and ventricular arrhythmias in patients without mitral valve prolapse. Along with echocardiography, the importance of other non-invasive imaging methods in the diagnosis of mitral annular disjunction is given.
About the Author
M. N. Alekhin
Central State Medical Academy of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation; Central Clinical Hospital of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mikhail N. Alekhin - M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Division of Therapy, Cardiology, Functional Diagnostics, and Nephrology
Moscow
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Alekhin M.N. The value of echocardiography in the detection and evaluation of mitral annular disjunction. Ultrasound & Functional Diagnostics. 2022;(3):17-29. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24835/1607-0771-2022-3-17-29
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