Background Quantitative Doppler echocardiography and proximal flow convergence
methods are validated techniques for quantifying mitral regurgitation. However, the clinical …

Doppler evaluation of mitral regurgitation remains difficult; thus, a head-to-head comparison
of the diagnostic accuracy of Doppler methods was undertaken. Fifty patients with native …

Eighty consecutive patients who underwent both left ventriculography and single-plane
transesophageal echocardiography with Doppler color flow mapping were studied to …

The evaluation and care of patients with mitral regurgitation would be facilitated by an easy,
reproducible and noninvasive method that could quantitate the hemodynamic burden. In this …

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 …

BACKGROUND The ability of transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography to provide
high-resolution images of both cardiac structure and blood flow in real time is advantageous …

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility, relation to other
methods and significance of the effective regurgitant orifice area measurement. Background …

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to develop a semiquantitative index of mitral
regurgitation severity suitable for use in daily clinical practice and research. BACKGROUND …

The echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve regurgitation (MR) by characterizing
specific morphological features and grading its severity is still challenging. Analysis of MR …

Objectives. Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a common echocardiographic finding; however, there
is no simple accurate method for quantification. The aim of this study was to develop an …