Gaps in Contemporary Echocardiographic Reporting Quality for Mechanisms of Mitral Regurgitation: A Call to Action

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Conflicts of Interest: F.M.A. reports working as the director of an academic core laboratory (MedStar Health), with institutional research grants/agreements from Abbott , Boston Scientific , Medtronic , Edwards Lifesciences , Neovasc , Ancora Heart , LivaNova , MVRx , InnovHeart , Polares Medical , Ultromics , Us2.ai , GE , Caption Health , and TOMTEC and a research/authorship agreement for this study (no direct compensation) with egnite, Inc. R.P.S. reports receiving consulting fees, speaker fees, and honoraria from Edwards Lifesciences; consulting fees and having an equity interest in egnite; and speaker fees and honoraria from Boston Scientific and Abbott. R.J.C. reports receiving consulting fees, speaker fees, and honoraria from Edwards Lifesciences; consulting fees from egnite; and speaker fees and honoraria from Abbott Vascular. P.G. reports receiving consulting fees and speaker fees from Abbott Vascular, Abiomed, Medtronic, Shockwave, and BioTrace Medical; consulting fees, speaker fees, and research grant funding and serving as a proctor and PI (EARLY-TAVR trial, PROGRESS trial) for Edwards Lifesciences ; consulting fees and serving as PI (ECLIPSE trial) for Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.; consulting fees and serving as PI (Feasibility study) for 4C Medical; consulting fees from Boston Scientific, Caranx Medical, GE Healthcare, iRhythm Technologies, OpSens, Siemens, Teleflex, and egnite; and having an equity interest and receiving consulting fees from Pi-Cardia, Puzzle Medical, Saranas, and Soundbite Medical Solutions Inc. M.D., K.V., and M.K. report having an equity interest in and being employees of egnite. E.R. reports receiving consulting fees, speaker fees, and honoraria from Edwards Lifesciences; consulting fees from egnite; consulting fees, speaker fees, clinical educator fees, and honoraria from AtriCure; consulting fees, speaker fees, honoraria, and a research grant from Abbott ; speaker fees from Phillips; and consulting fees from CardioMech and Teleflex. J.D.T. reports receiving consulting fees from egnite and consulting fees, speaker fees, and honoraria from Abbott Vascular, GE Medical, EchoIQ, and Caption Health. L.D.G. reports receiving consulting fees from Medtronic, Phillips, Edwards Lifesciences, and egnite and oversees core lab contracts with Medtronic, Abbott, and Edwards Lifesciences (no direct compensation). Funding for this research was provided by egnite , Inc.