Objective To compare the proximal convergence method for quantification of mitral
regurgitation with findings on concomitant left ventriculography. Material and Methods In 41 …

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 …

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 Recent studies have shown that many instrument and physiological factors limit
the ability of color Doppler total jet area within the receiving chamber to predict the severity …

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

We evaluated patients with mitral regurgitation by color-coded Doppler echocardiography
using a semiquantitative score system, which is useful in the clinical setting, by providing …

We compared color Doppler flow mapping data to angiographic data in 294 patients with
suspected valvular regurgitation. Thirty-one patients had rheumatic mitral regurgitation and …

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 …

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