CT Study Flashcards
To pass CT certification
Degree of MR needed for the Apollo trial?
Primary Cohort: Moderate-Severe to Severe MR MAC Cohort: Moderate MR, MAC >750 mm² and Mitral Stenosis CT DOS criteria: < 180 days
What is the cine function in 3Mensio? Why is it useful?
To play multiphase Cine loop. Plays all phases.
So, you can see the valves open/close, and the ventricle dilate/contract.
What is the saved work called in 3mensio?
A session
Gating requirements
10% increments starting at 0% of R-R interval and ending at 90%. (smallest slices possible, less than 1mm)
10 total phases
Desired Increments and phases
10% (0-90) -10 phases
5 structural components of the MV apparatus
Mitral Annulus -Mitral Leaflets (Anterior and Posterior) Papillary Muscles -Commissures (Posteromedial and Anterolateral)
Chordae Tendineae
Define the mitral annulus
The mitral annulus constitutes the anatomical junction between the ventricle and the left atrium and serves an insertion site for the leaflet tissue.
Left and right trigones and mitral aortic continuity
Which disease states affect how we measure our annulus?
MAC and Annular rings
What are the mitral leaflets doing in systole?
Systole: Closing -Diastole: Opening
Factors that most typically contribute to degenerative (primary) MR?
Abnormality of mitral valve leaflets
Prolapse-Leaflets bulge upward into atrium
Leaflet flail
Damaged Chordae
Barlow’s Disease
Annular dilation, thick/spongey leaflets
Rheumatic fever
Endocarditis- Infection of heart lining
Calcification/thickening
What causes functional (secondary) MR? How does this affect the dimensional variability of the mitral annulus?
Abnormality/disease of the LV or LA
Dilated LV -Weak Pap muscles -Ischemic etiology: LV dysfunction/remodeling
Annular dilation -AFib (irregular/rapid heart rate)
Restrictive cardiomyopathy: chambers of heart become stiff, hard for heart to fill.
Annulus could be dilated
Aortomitral curtain location and structural components
Fibrous thickening separating the aortic valve leaflets from the mitral valve proper.
Fibrous skeleton of heart
Located between medial and lateral trigones, connecting it to the left and non-coronary cusps of the aortic valve
Differences between the posterior and anterior leaflet morphology
Anterior: Makes up 1/3 of the Mitral annulus but covers 2/3 of the valve area. -Larger, thicker, dome-shaped. (A1, A2, A3) Posterior: Makes up 2/3 of the Mitral annulus but covers 1/3 of the valve area. -Thin, crescent shaped. (P1, P2, P3)
Know the two device sizes
42mm & 48mm
Diameter OS min (AP/CC)
≥ 10%
Outer diameter of the inner stent
28mm Outer diameter of inner stent (27mm inner diameter)
Complications if annulus diameter is less than the inner stent diameter
Frame to frame interaction. Perivalvular leaks. Valve migration.
Explain what the Neo-LVOT is
LVOT space after virtual valve is placed/Residual LVOT area after TMVR implantation
Initial phase used for LVOT assessment
End Systole
Anatomical structures used to determine end-systole
MV leaflets
Aortic valve leaflets and ventricle
End Systole = Smallest LV cavity, MV closed, AoV usually closed… End-systole is the phase where the Aortic valve first closes, and the Mitral valve is still closed, and LV is contracting
Values used for the virtual device dimensions (cone) (height, inflow, outflow, skirt height)
Height: 10 - Inflow: 48/42 -Outflow: 28 -Skirt Height: 0
Proper placement of virtual valve from MV plane
35Fr: 8/9mm or -13/-14
29Fr: 7/7mm or -11.5/-12