Fifty consecutive patients with a newly acquired systolic murmur and severe cardiac
decompensation following a recent myocardial infarction (27 with an anterior and 23 with an …

This study was performed to test the hypothesis that measurements of jet area by Doppler
color flow imaging can predict the angiographic severity and hemodynamic consequences …

This study was undertaken to examine whether Doppler color flow imaging could accurately
estimate the valve area in mitral stenosis. Doppler color flow assessments were performed …

The narrowest central flow region of a jet is defined as the vena contracta. This term is
applied also to the contracted zone of the Doppler color flow image of a jet at its passage …

In prosthetic or paravalvular prosthetic mitral regurgitation, transthoracic color Doppler flow
mapping can sometimes fail to detect the regurgitant jet within the left atrium because of the …

Background: An essential step in the surgical management of patients with mitral
regurgitation, is a thorough understanding of the pathophysiological mechanism. This …

BACKGROUND Quantitation of valvular regurgitation remains a challenge. The accuracy of
quantitative Doppler is controversial, and its ability to measure regurgitant volume is …

One hundred five patients underwent mitral valve replacement for relief of isolated mitral
regurgitation between 1974 and 1979. There were 4 in-hospital deaths (4 percent) and 12 …

BACKGROUND Noninvasive predictors of important outcomes after valve replacement for
mitral regurgitation have not been examined in a rheumatic population (in whom the results …

To clarify the role of color Doppler echocardiography in the evaluation of mitral valve
prolapse, we studied 49 consecutive patients in whom the sites of mitral valve prolapse were …