Dataset related to the article "Head to Head Comparison between Different 3-Dimensional Echocardiographic Rendering Tools in the Imaging of Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair"

This record contains raw data related to the article "Head to Head Comparison between Different 3-Dimensional Echocardiographic Rendering Tools in the Imaging of Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair"

MitraClip (MC) is the most common percutaneous treatment for severe mitral regurgitation
(MR). An accurate two-dimensional and three-dimensional echocardiographic (3DTEE) imaging is
mandatory for the optimal procedural result. Recently transillumination 3DTEE rendering (3DTr) has
been introduced integrating a virtual light source into the dataset and with the addition of glass effect
(3DGl) allows to adjust tissue transparency improving depth perception and anatomical structure
delineation in comparison with the standard 3DTEE (3DSt). The aim of this retrospective study in
30 patients undergoing MC, was to compare 3DSt, 3DTr, and 3DGl in mitral valve (MV) evaluation
and procedural result assessment. 3DTEE acquisitions obtained before and after MC were processed
with 3DSt, 3DTr, and 3DGl rendering. Each reconstruction was scored for quality and for ability
to recognize MV anatomy, MR origin, clip position, dimension and grasping. Imaging quality was
judged good or optimal in 52%, 76%, and 96% in 3DSt, 3DTr, and 3DGl reconstructions respectively.
In 26/30 patients a diagnostic incremental value was found with 3DTr vs. 3DSt and in 15/26 with
3DGl vs. 3DTr and 3DSt. Only 3DGl with perpendicular cropping of the clip allowed to visualize and
measure the grasped portion of each mitral leaflets. 3DTEE imaging during MC may be improved
by 3DTr and 3DGl providing a better evaluation of MV, of leaflet grasping and of residual MR jets
after MC.