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- Title
Prevalence and extent of mitral annular disjunction in structurally normal hearts: comprehensive 3D analysis using cardiac computed tomography.
- Authors
Toh, Hiroyuki; Mori, Shumpei; Izawa, Yu; Fujita, Hiroshi; Miwa, Keisuke; Suzuki, Masataka; Takahashi, Yu; Toba, Takayoshi; Watanabe, Yoshiaki; Kono, Atsushi K; Tretter, Justin T; Hirata, Ken-Ichi
- Abstract
Aims Mitral annular disjunction is fibrous separation between the attachment of the posterior mitral leaflet and the basal left ventricular myocardium initially described in dissected hearts. Currently, it is commonly evaluated by echocardiography, and potential relationships with mitral valve prolapse and ventricular arrhythmia have been suggested. However, controversy remains as its prevalence and extent have not been fully elucidated in normal living subjects. Methods and results Systolic datasets of cardiac computed tomography obtained from 98 patients (mean age, 69.1 ± 12.6 years; 81% men) with structurally normal hearts were assessed retrospectively. Circumferential extent of both mitral leaflets and disjunction was determined by rotating orthogonal multiplanar reconstruction images around the central axis of the mitral valvar orifice. Distribution angle within the circumference of the mitral valvar attachment and maximal height of disjunction were quantified. In total, 96.0% of patients demonstrated disjunction. Average distribution angles of the anterior and posterior mitral leaflets were 91.3 ± 9.4° and 269.8 ± 9.7°, respectively. Average distribution angle of the disjunction was 105.1 ± 49.2°, corresponding to 39.0 ± 18.2% of the entire posterior mitral valvar attachment. Median value of the maximal height of disjunction was 3.0 (1.5–7.0) mm. Distribution prevalence map of the disjunction revealed characteristic double peaks, with frequent sites of the disjunction located at the anterior to antero-lateral and inferior to infero-septal regions. Conclusion Mitral annular disjunction is a rather common finding in the normal adult heart with bimodal distribution predominantly observed involving the P1 and P3 scallops of the posterior mitral leaflet.
- Subjects
HEART anatomy; MITRAL valve diseases; PROLAPSE of bodily organs; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DISEASE prevalence; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; VENTRICULAR arrhythmia; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; COMPUTED tomography; THREE-dimensional printing
- Publication
European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 6, p614
- ISSN
2047-2404
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ehjci/jeab022