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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:553-559
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original Articles: Cardiovascular

Regional and Global Patterns of Annular Remodeling in Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation

^a Harrison Department of Surgical Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
^b Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Accepted for publication April 2, 2007.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Gorman, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 313 Stemmler Hall, 36th and Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283 (Email: gormanr{at}uphs.upenn.edu).

Background: The mammalian mitral annulus is saddle shaped. Experimental studies have shown that loss of saddle shape occurs in ischemic mitral regurgitation. However, neither the temporal pattern of global annular remodeling nor the geometric pattern of regional annular remodeling has been described. We sought to characterize these changes using real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in an ovine model.

Methods: Ten sheep underwent real-time three-dimensional echocardiography at baseline and 1 hour and 8 weeks after posterobasal myocardial infarction. Multiple mitral annular geometric indexes were measured at each time point to assess regional and global annular remodeling.

Results: One hour after infarction, global annular height decreased from 5.8 ± 0.5 mm to 4.0 ± 0.4 mm (p < 0.001) while intercommissural width increased from 29.0 ± 1.3 mm to 35.7 ± 1.7 mm (p = 0.023), resulting in a decrease in the global annular height to commissural width ratio from 20.0% ± 1.6% to 11.2% ± 0.9% (p < 0.001). Eight weeks after infarction, global annular height decreased to 3.9 ± 0.2 mm (p < 0.05) while intercommissural width increased to 40.7 ± 1.5 mm (p < 0.001), resulting in an additional decrease in the global annular height to commissural width ratio to 9.4% ± 0.4% (p < 0.001). Although annular remodeling involved the entire mitral annulus, there was regional heterogeneity in its extent.

Conclusions: Significant global annular flattening and dilatation occur during the development of ischemic mitral regurgitation in an ovine model. Regional annular remodeling is heterogeneous and is not limited the posterior commissure or the posterior annulus.

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