Echo Doppler techniques have revolutionised the non-invasive investigation of valvular
heart disease and have become widely accepted and used as part of modem clinical …

MATERIALS AND METHODS routine echocardiography. In recent years, contrast
echocardiographylv2 has been developed to identify cardiac structures}—7 regurgitant …

Pulsed Doppler echocardiography was employed to detect disturbed or turbulent flow
diagnostic of aortic or mitral regurgitation. Sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, and …

J—/chocardiography is a relatively new diagnostic technique for the assessment of cardiac
anatomy and function. Its use is becoming more widespread, and its noninvasive …

Angiocardiography has been demonstrated to be a useful supplement to left heart
catheterization in the study of mitral valve disease. Angiocardiography appears to be a …

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 …

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

Background: We examined the agreement between transthoracic echocardiography (TTE)
and intraoperative prepump transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the assessment of …

Doppler echocardiographic techniques are particularly useful in evaluating valvular
regurgitation. For this application, Doppler echocardiography provides information that …

Over the past decade, utilization of cardiac catheterization for preoperative hemodynamic
assessment of patients with mitral and aortic stenosis has steadily decreased. The reason …