Background Although Doppler color flow mapping is widely used to assess the severity of
mitral regurgitation (MR), a simple, accurate, and quantitative marker of MR by color flow …

Mitral regurgitation (MR) severity is routinely assessed by Doppler color flow mapping,
which is subject to technical and hemodynamic variables. Vena contracta width may be less …

Objectives: Our goal was to prospectively compare the accuracy of real-time three-
dimensional (3D) color Doppler vena contracta (VC) area and two-dimensional (2D) VC …

Assessment of the severity of mitral regurgitation (MR) by Doppler color flow mapping is
limited by dependence of jet area on hemodynamic and technical variables. The width of the …

Color Doppler jet analysis is widely used to characterize the degree of mitral regurgitation
(MR), but the validity of this approach in patients with ischemic or functional MR has not …

The narrowest central flow region of a jet is defined as the vena contracta. This term is
applied also to the contracted zone of the Doppler color flow image of a jet at its passage …

We tested the hypothesis that the vena contracta (VC) cross-sectional area in patients with
mitral regurgitation (MR) can be reproducibly measured by real-time 3-dimensional (3D) …

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 …

BACKGROUND: Vena contracta width (VCW) as an estimate of effective regurgitant orifice
area (EROA) is an accepted parameter of mitral regurgitation (MR) severity. However …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the interobserver agreement of proximal
isovelocity surface area (PISA) and vena contracta (VC) for differentiating severe from …