Two papers in this issue demonstrate clinical consequences from the presence of clinically
silent mitral regurgitation in paediatric and adolescent populations. Both are potentially …

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to validate a novel method of determining vena
contracta area (VCA) and quantifying mitral regurgitation using multibeam high–pulse …

The diagnosis and assessment of mitral regurgitation has been one of the main challenges
for cardiac ultrasound. Imaging techniques (M‐mode and two‐dimensional …

The noninvasive determination of severity of mitral regurgitation (MR) is often of major
clinical importance. We performed simultaneous Doppler echocardiography and left …

Objectives. To determine the influence of jet eccentricity and mechanism of mitral
regurgitation, we examined 1) the relation between jet extent and severity of mitral …

Objectives. This study was designed to assess the most accurate and reproducible methods
to quantitate mitral regurgitation by color flow trarasthoracic and transesophageal …

Color Doppler flow mapping was used in a group of 53 patients with mitral regurgitation
confirmed by invasive procedures. All patients had associated mitral stenosis and were …

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is one of the most common valvular lesions that are readily
identified by transthoracic echocardiography. Color Doppler imaging is the modality of …

Transthoracic echocardiography, including Doppler flow imaging in all its iterations, is the
preeminent diagnostic method in cardiology. Much of the success of this modality is owed to …

The use of three-dimensional color Doppler methods has now been well validated for the
accurate and reproducible quantification of mitral valve regurgitation severity. These newer …