Suzanne van Wijngaarden

Mrs. Suzanne van Wijngaarden


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 December 2018 in International Journal of Cardiology
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FMF.M.M. Meijer
F.M.M. Meijer
PKP. Kies
P. Kies
Mrm JongbloedMrm Jongbloed
Mrm Jongbloed
SWSuzanne van Wijngaarden
Suzanne van Wijngaarden
Cees A. SwenneCees A. Swenne
Cees A. Swenne
HVH.W. Vliegen
H.W. Vliegen

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NVN.M. Vo
N.M. Vo
SWSuzanne van Wijngaarden
Suzanne van Wijngaarden
Nina Ajmone MarsanNina Ajmone Marsan
Nina Ajmone Marsan
JBJeroen Bax
Jeroen Bax
VDVictoria Delgado
Victoria Delgado
The development of transcatheter mitral valve replacement therapies requires accurate post-processing analysis tools to provide D-shaped mitral annulus dimensions from 3-dimensional (3D) data. The agreement between two semi-automated, software packages to process 3D transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) data for the measurement of the mitral valve annulus dimensions was evaluated. 3DTEE data of patients with moderate–severe mitral regurgitation (MR) were postprocessed with semi-automated, vendor-independent (VI) software and vendor-specific (VS) software. Both post-processing software provided key measurements for the selection of transcatheter valve prosthesis size: annulus area, annulus circumference and the septal-to-lateral distance of the annulus. The intertrigonal distance was provided only by the VS software. The inter- and intra-observer agreements were assessed with Bland–Altman analysis. Of 105 patients (63.8 ± 11 years, 66% male) with MR, 28 had secondary MR, 45 fibroelastic deficiency, and 32 Barlow’s disease. Using VS software, the dimensions for the overall population were 16.1 ± 4.6 cm2 for annulus area, for circumference 14.4 ± 1.9 cm, intertrigonal distance 3.4 ± 0.5 cm and septal-to-lateral distance 3.8 ± 0.6 cm. Similar dimensions were obtained using VI software: 15.7 ± 4.6 cm2 for annulus area, 14.5 ± 2.0 cm for circumference, and 4.1 ± 0.6 cm for septal-to-lateral distance. The inter- and intra-observer agreement for both software programs was excellent. In conclusion, current post-processing software programs for 3DTEE data of the mitral valve annulus provide good reproducibility of key measurements to select the transcatheter prosthesis size.