Three-dimensional echocardiography (3D echo) of the mitral valve (MV) and analysis of its shape and function

The mitral valve as viewed from the atrial perspective in a patient with mitral prolapse due to a flail posterior leaflet (top, center). A parametric model of the valve with the height of the leaflets relative to the annular plane encoded in color (bottom, center) clearly depicts the prolapsing P2 scallop. A variety of parameters of valvular geometry can be obtained automatically, including annular area and dimensions, annular height, mitral-aortic angle, and the coaptation zone.