Supplemental Table 1
Views Assessment BACE
contraindication/complication Baseline assessment
LV systolic function ME 4C, 2C; 3D MOD and/or 3D
MV morphology ME 4C, MC, LAX; 3D
Confirmation of leaflet systolic restriction and measurement of tenting height
Any leaflets abmornalities.
Severe annular calcification
MV regurgitant jet morphology
Jet direction. Suspect intrinsic valve pathology if not central
MR quantification Vena contracta width; PISA Mild MR
MV inflow PWD measurement of mean
diastolic pressure gradients MV diameter ME MC, LAX Minimum and maximum
diameter
3D MV Single beat or
gated acquisition
Annular circumference, area, leaflet tenting height and volume, ellipticity TV diameter ME 4C Diastolic diameter
3D TV Single beat or
gated acquisition
Multiplanar reconstruction:
measurement of maximum and minimum diameters
TR jet ME 4C, RV
inflow-outflow, modified bicaval
CWD estimation of RVSP Severe pulmonary hypertension TR diastolic flow PWD inflow measurement of
mean gradient
RVOT flow ME RV inflow-
outflow
Assess for laminar flow on CFD
Post BACE placement
MR quantification ME 4C, MC, LAX; 3D
After injection of each increment of saline LV systolic function ME 4C, 2C;
3D
MOD and/or 3D LV failure after acute MR resolution
MV diameter ME MC, LAX Minimum and maximum diameter
3D MV Single beat or gated
acquisition
Annular circumference, area, leaflet tenting height and volume, ellipticity TV diameter ME 4C diastolic diameter
3D TV Single beat or
gated acquisition
MPR measurement of maximum and minimum diameters
TR diastolic flow ME 4C, RV inflow-outflow, modified bicaval
PWD inflow measurement of mean gradient
Mean gradient > 5mmHg or VTI >
60 cm
RVOT flow ME RV inflow-
outflow
Assess for laminar flow on CFD
Turbulent flow
TG RV inflow- outflow
PW RVOT peak gradient RVOT peak gradient > 36 mmHg
