OCT inspection of degenerative and rheumatic tendinous cords

Abstract

Publication of record for individual papers is online in the SPIE Digital Library.SPIEDigitalLibrary.org Paper Numbering: Proceedings of SPIE follow an e-First publication model. A unique citation identifier (CID) number is assigned to each article at the time of publication. Utilization of CIDs allows articles to be fully citable as soon as they are published online, and connects the same identifier to all online and print versions of the publication. SPIE uses a seven-digit CID article numbering system structured as follows: The first five digits correspond to the SPIE volume number. The last two digits indicate publication order within the volume using a Base 36 numbering system employing both numerals and letters. These two-number sets start with 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 0A, 0B … 0Z, followed by 10-1Z, 20-2Z, etc. The CID Number appears on each page of the manuscript. ABSTRACTSurgical repair of the mitral valve complex presents high mortality rates, strongly dependent on the surgical procedure. Intensity and polarization sensitive OCT are explored as a feasible degradation inspection method for rheumatic and degenerative chords.

Identification of Human Pathological Mitral Chordae Tendineae Using Polarization-sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography

“…This feature is used as a degradation marker in the case of degenerative and rheumatic chordal disease. The viability of this marker to identify degraded chords [23], in real time and avoiding histological studies, can turn PS-OCT into a useful and translatable in situ diagnostic tool during open surgery of the mitral valve.…”