Abstract
Background: Minimally invasive mitral valve replacement has become
popular across the world. However, annular rupture and patient –
prosthetic mismatch (PPM) are still problematic, particularly in the
Asian population. To avoid this, a predictor model could be beneficial.
Our study aimed to assess the value of mitral valve diameters measured
on TTE and CT scan on predicting the actual mitral prostheses. Methods:
From January 2018 to December 2019, a total number of 96 patients
underwent minimally invasive mitral valve replacement. The association
between imaging measurements with the outcome was checked by scatter
plot and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Univariable linear
regression was used to build the prediction model. Results: The three
strongest correlation for the whole population are the following
features: Mean TTE diameter (0.702), mean diameter on CT lowest plane
through the mitral annulus (0.679), area-derived diameter on CT highest
plane through the mitral annulus (0.665). The prosthetic size of the
tissue valve group seemed to be more correlated to the calculated
annulus diameters than that of the mechanical valve group. Tissue valve
size predictor models based on these calculated diameters were 16.19 +
0.27 d (r = 0.744), 12.74 + 0.44 d (r = 0.756) and 12.79 + 0.38 d
(r = 0.730), respectively. Conclusion: Mitral prosthetic size could be
predicted with the mitral diameters measured on TTE and CT scan. The
overall correlation coefficient varied from 0.665 (CT Scan) to 0.702
(TTE). These models performed better when applied to bioprosthesis.