A ssessment of mitral valve function at operation may be performed in several ways.
Palpation and manometry are two methods that are commonly used before and after closed …

The real-time Doppler color flow mapping (CFM) technique has proven to be extremely
useful in everyday clinical practice of adult and pediatric cardiology.'-3 The rapid …

Colour flow mapping (CFM) produces a two-dimensional representation of blood flow within
the heart and great vessels by analysing data acquired from multiple pulsed Doppler sample …

The diagnostic value of echocardiography has grown in proportion to its quantitative
applications. The quantitative potential of two-dimensional echocardiography was high …

The purpose of the flow mapping procedure is to pick up flow signals related to jets at the
site of lesions, in order to delineate the cross-section of the jets.. The pulsed Doppler …

Abstract Objective: Transesophageal color Doppler (or 2D Doppler) is the most widely used
technique for intraoperative assessment of mitral valve repair. However, the most severe …

Combined echocardiography and Doppler color flow mapping from transthoracic imaging
windows has become the standard method for the noninvasive assessment of valvular …

Whenever possible, precise mitral valve repair is preferable to valve replacement. Present
methods for intraoperative detection of mitral regurgitation, primarily hemodynamic …

Color-coded Doppler echocardiography permits visualization of the spatial distribution of
flow velocities produced by valvular regurgitation with a high sensitivity. 1 Doppler color flow …

Preoperative cardiac catheterization of patients with valvular heart disease is the currently
accepted standard method to confirm the diagnosis, exclude other significant valve lesions …