Background: Cardiac computed tomography (CT) provides important insights into the geometrical configuration of the tricuspid valve (TV). The purpose of the present study was to assess the geometrical changes of TV in patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) using novel CT scan parameters and to correlate these findings with echocardiography. Methods: This single-center study enrolled 86 patients undergoing cardiac CT and divided them into two groups according to the presence or not of severe TR (43 patients with TR ≥ 3+ and 43 controls). The measurements collected were as follows: TV annulus area and perimeter, septal-lateral and antero-posterior annulus diameters, eccentricity, distance between commissures, segment between the geometrical centroid and commissures, and the angles of commissures. Results: We found a significant correlation between all annulus measurements and the grade of TR, except in regard to angles. TR ≥ 3+ patients had significantly larger TV annulus area and perimeter, larger septal-lateral, and antero-posterior annulus dimensions, as well as larger commissural distance and centroid-commissural distance. In patients with TR ≥ 3+ and controls, the eccentricity index predicted a circular shape and an oval shape of the annulus, respectively. Conclusions: These novel CT variables focusing on commissures increase the anatomical understanding of the TV apparatus and the TV geometrical changes in patients with severe functional TR.

Tricuspid Valve Geometrical Changes in Patients with Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation: Insights from a CT Scan Analysis Focusing on Commissures / Cammalleri, Valeria; Nobile, Edoardo; De Stefano, Domenico; Carpenito, Myriam; Mega, Simona; Bono, Maria Caterina; De Filippis, Aurelio; Nusca, Annunziata; Quattrocchi, Carlo Cosimo; Grigioni, Francesco; Ussia, Gian Paolo. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 2077-0383. - 12:5(2023), pp. 171201-171212. [10.3390/jcm12051712]

Tricuspid Valve Geometrical Changes in Patients with Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation: Insights from a CT Scan Analysis Focusing on Commissures

Quattrocchi, Carlo Cosimo;
2023-01-01

Abstract

Background: Cardiac computed tomography (CT) provides important insights into the geometrical configuration of the tricuspid valve (TV). The purpose of the present study was to assess the geometrical changes of TV in patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation (TR) using novel CT scan parameters and to correlate these findings with echocardiography. Methods: This single-center study enrolled 86 patients undergoing cardiac CT and divided them into two groups according to the presence or not of severe TR (43 patients with TR ≥ 3+ and 43 controls). The measurements collected were as follows: TV annulus area and perimeter, septal-lateral and antero-posterior annulus diameters, eccentricity, distance between commissures, segment between the geometrical centroid and commissures, and the angles of commissures. Results: We found a significant correlation between all annulus measurements and the grade of TR, except in regard to angles. TR ≥ 3+ patients had significantly larger TV annulus area and perimeter, larger septal-lateral, and antero-posterior annulus dimensions, as well as larger commissural distance and centroid-commissural distance. In patients with TR ≥ 3+ and controls, the eccentricity index predicted a circular shape and an oval shape of the annulus, respectively. Conclusions: These novel CT variables focusing on commissures increase the anatomical understanding of the TV apparatus and the TV geometrical changes in patients with severe functional TR.
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Cammalleri, Valeria; Nobile, Edoardo; De Stefano, Domenico; Carpenito, Myriam; Mega, Simona; Bono, Maria Caterina; De Filippis, Aurelio; Nusca, Annunz...espandi
Tricuspid Valve Geometrical Changes in Patients with Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation: Insights from a CT Scan Analysis Focusing on Commissures / Cammalleri, Valeria; Nobile, Edoardo; De Stefano, Domenico; Carpenito, Myriam; Mega, Simona; Bono, Maria Caterina; De Filippis, Aurelio; Nusca, Annunziata; Quattrocchi, Carlo Cosimo; Grigioni, Francesco; Ussia, Gian Paolo. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. - ISSN 2077-0383. - 12:5(2023), pp. 171201-171212. [10.3390/jcm12051712]
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