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Aortic Valve Vena Contracta Area

MedGen UID:
927499
•Concept ID:
C4289967
•
Finding

Definition

The area of the vena contracta of the aortic valve. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAortic Valve Vena Contracta Area

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

1-Year Outcomes of Cardioband Tricuspid Valve Reconstruction System Early Feasibility Study.
Gray WA, Abramson SV, Lim S, Fowler D, Smith RL, Grayburn PA, Kodali SK, Hahn RT, Kipperman RM, Koulogiannis KP, Eleid MF, Pislaru SV, Whisenant BK, McCabe JM, Liu J, Dahou A, Puthumana JJ, Davidson CJ; Cardioband TR EFS Investigators
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2022 Oct 10;15(19):1921-1932. Epub 2022 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2022.07.006. PMID: 36202561
Estimating the Haemodynamic Streamline Vena Contracta as the Effective Orifice Area Measured from Reconstructed Multislice Phase-contrast MR Images for Patients with Moderately Accelerated Aortic Stenosis.
Hohri Y, Itatani K, Matsuo A, Komori Y, Okamoto T, Goto T, Kobayashi T, Hiramatsu T, Miyazaki S, Nishino T, Yaku H
Magn Reson Med Sci 2022 Oct 1;21(4):569-582. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.2463/mrms.mp.2021-0001. PMID: 34334586Free PMC Article
Outcome and improvement predictors of mitral regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Durst R, Avelar E, McCarty D, Poh KK, Friera LF, Llano MF, Chu J, Anumandla AK, Rodriguez LL, Mack MJ, Hanzel G, Kodali SK, Hung J, Picard MH
J Heart Valve Dis 2011 May;20(3):272-81. PMID: 21714416
Determination of vena contracta and its value in evaluating severity of aortic regurgitation.
Eren M, Eksik A, Gorgulu S, Norgaz T, Dagdeviren B, Bolca O, Tezel T
J Heart Valve Dis 2002 Jul;11(4):567-75. PMID: 12150307
Assessment of severity of aortic regurgitation using the width of the vena contracta: A clinical color Doppler imaging study.
Tribouilloy CM, Enriquez-Sarano M, Bailey KR, Seward JB, Tajik AJ
Circulation 2000 Aug 1;102(5):558-64. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.102.5.558. PMID: 10920069

Diagnosis

Estimating the Haemodynamic Streamline Vena Contracta as the Effective Orifice Area Measured from Reconstructed Multislice Phase-contrast MR Images for Patients with Moderately Accelerated Aortic Stenosis.
Hohri Y, Itatani K, Matsuo A, Komori Y, Okamoto T, Goto T, Kobayashi T, Hiramatsu T, Miyazaki S, Nishino T, Yaku H
Magn Reson Med Sci 2022 Oct 1;21(4):569-582. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.2463/mrms.mp.2021-0001. PMID: 34334586Free PMC Article
Diagnostic value of vena contracta area measurement using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in assessing the severity of aortic regurgitation.
Yanagi Y, Kanzaki H, Yonezawa R, Joh Y, Moriuchi K, Amano M, Okada A, Amaki M, Izumi C
Echocardiography 2021 Aug;38(8):1307-1313. Epub 2021 Jul 19 doi: 10.1111/echo.15144. PMID: 34286878
Quantification of rheumatic mitral stenosis severity with three-dimensional vena contracta area.
Gök G, Çınar T, Sayar N
Echocardiography 2019 Feb;36(2):370-375. Epub 2018 Dec 11 doi: 10.1111/echo.14213. PMID: 30548321
Vena contracta width measurement: theoretic basis and usefulness in the assessment of valvular regurgitation severity.
Quéré JP, Tribouilloy C, Enriquez-Sarano M
Curr Cardiol Rep 2003 Mar;5(2):110-5. doi: 10.1007/s11886-003-0077-1. PMID: 12583853
Determination of vena contracta and its value in evaluating severity of aortic regurgitation.
Eren M, Eksik A, Gorgulu S, Norgaz T, Dagdeviren B, Bolca O, Tezel T
J Heart Valve Dis 2002 Jul;11(4):567-75. PMID: 12150307

Therapy

First-in-human transcatheter pledget-assisted suture tricuspid annuloplasty for severe tricuspid insufficiency.
Greenbaum AB, Khan JM, Rogers T, Babaliaros VC, Eng MHK, Wang DD, Paone G, Lederman RJ
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2021 Jan 1;97(1):E130-E134. Epub 2020 May 8 doi: 10.1002/ccd.28955. PMID: 32385950Free PMC Article
A granular approach to improve reproducibility of the echocardiographic assessment of paravalvular regurgitation after TAVI.
Abdelghani M, Ren B, Spitzer E, Tateishi H, Jonker H, Geleijnse ML, Tijssen JG, de Winter RJ, Serruys PW, Soliman OI
Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2016 Oct;32(10):1519-27. Epub 2016 Jul 27 doi: 10.1007/s10554-016-0947-4. PMID: 27464964Free PMC Article
Incidental moderate mitral regurgitation in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis: review of guidelines and current evidence.
Ramakrishna H, Kohl BA, Jassar AS, Augoustides JG
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2014 Apr;28(2):417-22. Epub 2014 Feb 6 doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.11.003. PMID: 24508019
Outcome and improvement predictors of mitral regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Durst R, Avelar E, McCarty D, Poh KK, Friera LF, Llano MF, Chu J, Anumandla AK, Rodriguez LL, Mack MJ, Hanzel G, Kodali SK, Hung J, Picard MH
J Heart Valve Dis 2011 May;20(3):272-81. PMID: 21714416
Determination of vena contracta and its value in evaluating severity of aortic regurgitation.
Eren M, Eksik A, Gorgulu S, Norgaz T, Dagdeviren B, Bolca O, Tezel T
J Heart Valve Dis 2002 Jul;11(4):567-75. PMID: 12150307

Prognosis

Multiparametric Strategy to Predict Early Disease Decompensation in Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Regurgitation.
Kočková R, Línková H, Hlubocká Z, Mědílek K, Tuna M, Vojáček J, Skalský I, Černý Š, Malý J, Hlubocký J, Mizukami T, De Colle C, Pěnička M
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2022 Dec;15(12):e014901. Epub 2022 Dec 20 doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.122.014901. PMID: 36538596
Estimating the Haemodynamic Streamline Vena Contracta as the Effective Orifice Area Measured from Reconstructed Multislice Phase-contrast MR Images for Patients with Moderately Accelerated Aortic Stenosis.
Hohri Y, Itatani K, Matsuo A, Komori Y, Okamoto T, Goto T, Kobayashi T, Hiramatsu T, Miyazaki S, Nishino T, Yaku H
Magn Reson Med Sci 2022 Oct 1;21(4):569-582. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.2463/mrms.mp.2021-0001. PMID: 34334586Free PMC Article
Quantification of rheumatic mitral stenosis severity with three-dimensional vena contracta area.
Gök G, Çınar T, Sayar N
Echocardiography 2019 Feb;36(2):370-375. Epub 2018 Dec 11 doi: 10.1111/echo.14213. PMID: 30548321
Outcome and improvement predictors of mitral regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Durst R, Avelar E, McCarty D, Poh KK, Friera LF, Llano MF, Chu J, Anumandla AK, Rodriguez LL, Mack MJ, Hanzel G, Kodali SK, Hung J, Picard MH
J Heart Valve Dis 2011 May;20(3):272-81. PMID: 21714416
The correlation between three-dimensional vena contracta area and aortic regurgitation index in patients with aortic regurgitation.
Chin CH, Chen CH, Lo HS
Echocardiography 2010 Feb;27(2):161-6. Epub 2009 Aug 31 doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00988.x. PMID: 19725844

Clinical prediction guides

1-Year Outcomes of Cardioband Tricuspid Valve Reconstruction System Early Feasibility Study.
Gray WA, Abramson SV, Lim S, Fowler D, Smith RL, Grayburn PA, Kodali SK, Hahn RT, Kipperman RM, Koulogiannis KP, Eleid MF, Pislaru SV, Whisenant BK, McCabe JM, Liu J, Dahou A, Puthumana JJ, Davidson CJ; Cardioband TR EFS Investigators
JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2022 Oct 10;15(19):1921-1932. Epub 2022 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2022.07.006. PMID: 36202561
Estimating the Haemodynamic Streamline Vena Contracta as the Effective Orifice Area Measured from Reconstructed Multislice Phase-contrast MR Images for Patients with Moderately Accelerated Aortic Stenosis.
Hohri Y, Itatani K, Matsuo A, Komori Y, Okamoto T, Goto T, Kobayashi T, Hiramatsu T, Miyazaki S, Nishino T, Yaku H
Magn Reson Med Sci 2022 Oct 1;21(4):569-582. Epub 2021 Jul 30 doi: 10.2463/mrms.mp.2021-0001. PMID: 34334586Free PMC Article
Diagnostic value of vena contracta area measurement using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in assessing the severity of aortic regurgitation.
Yanagi Y, Kanzaki H, Yonezawa R, Joh Y, Moriuchi K, Amano M, Okada A, Amaki M, Izumi C
Echocardiography 2021 Aug;38(8):1307-1313. Epub 2021 Jul 19 doi: 10.1111/echo.15144. PMID: 34286878
Quantification of rheumatic mitral stenosis severity with three-dimensional vena contracta area.
Gök G, Çınar T, Sayar N
Echocardiography 2019 Feb;36(2):370-375. Epub 2018 Dec 11 doi: 10.1111/echo.14213. PMID: 30548321
Vena contracta width measurement: theoretic basis and usefulness in the assessment of valvular regurgitation severity.
Quéré JP, Tribouilloy C, Enriquez-Sarano M
Curr Cardiol Rep 2003 Mar;5(2):110-5. doi: 10.1007/s11886-003-0077-1. PMID: 12583853

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