Quantification of Mitral Regurgitation Using High Pulse Repetition Frequency Three-Dimensional Color Doppler

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Skaug, Thomas R ^a,b   Hergum, Torbjørn ^b   Amundsen, Brage H ^a,b   Skjærpe, Terje ^b   Torp, Hans ^a   Haugen, Bjørn Olav ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Mitral regurgitation; Multibeam HPRF color Doppler; PISA; Regurgitant volume; Vena contracta area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MULTIBEAM HIGH PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY COLOR DOPPLER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENA CONTRACTA; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 72449123623     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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