• Fabien Praz, Omar K Khalique, Leon G Dos Reis Macedo, Todd C Pulerwitz, Jennifer Jantz, Isaac Y Wu, Alex Kantor, Amisha Patel, Torsten Vahl, Vinayak Bapat, Isaac George, Tamim Nazif, Susheel K Kodali, Martin B Leon, and Rebecca T Hahn.
• New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.
• J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2018 Nov 1; 31 (11): 1190-1202.e3.

BackgroundTricuspid valve imaging is frequently challenging and requires the use of multiple modalities. Knowledge of limitations and methodologic discrepancies among different imaging techniques is crucial for planning transcatheter valve interventions.MethodsThirty-eight patients with severe symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation were included in this retrospective analysis. Tricuspid annulus (TA) measurements were made during mid-diastole using three-dimensional (3D) transthoracic echocardiographic direct planimetry (TTE_direct) and transesophageal echocardiographic direct planimetry (TEE_direct). Moreover, a semiautomated software was used to generate two-dimensional (2D) and 3D perimeter and area on transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) images. Both methods were compared with direct computed tomographic planimetry (CT_direct) and cubic spline interpolation (CT_indirect). The different TA values were used to calculate the effective regurgitant orifice area and compared with 3D Doppler vena contracta area. For tricuspid valve area TEE_direct and CT_direct as well as CT_indirect were measured.ResultsAgreement between TEE and computed tomography (CT) for TA sizing was obtained using semiautomated methods (3D TEE_indirect and CT_indirect). TTE_direct was overall less reliable compared with CT. TA area quantified by TEE_direct was 25% (difference 305 ± 238 mm2, P < .001, R = 0.9) and 19% (166 ± 247 mm2, P < .001, R = 0.89) smaller compared with CT_direct and CT_indirect, respectively. TA perimeter measurements by TEE_direct differed by 11% compared with CT_direct (12 ± 11 mm, P < .001, R = 0.87) and 3D CT_indirect (12 ± 11 mm, P < .001, R = 0.88), and 9% compared with 2D CT_indirect (7 ± 11 mm, P = .002, R = 0.87). TEE_direct of the TA allows the most accurate calculation of effective regurgitant orifice area compared with 3D vena contracta area (-8 ± 62 mm2, P = .50, R = 0.85). Tricuspid valve area by CT_indirect best correlated with conventional TEE_direct (80 ± 250 mm2, P = .11, R = 0.80).ConclusionsIn patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation, semiautomated indirect planimetry results in high agreement between TEE and CT for TA sizing and measurement of the tricuspid valve area. TEE_direct of the TA allows the most accurate measurement of diastolic stroke volume for the calculation of regurgitation severity compared with 3D vena contracta area.Copyright © 2018 American Society of Echocardiography. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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