Management of mitral regurgitation has undergone substantial revision and improvement in
the past decade, and it continues to evolve. Mitral regurgitation, like all valvular lesions …

Management of patients with valvular heart disease has changed remarkably in the last two
decades. Improvements are due to advances in assessment of valvular heart disease …

Aims To compare the value of the proximal flow convergence method and the jet area
method for the determination of the severity of tricuspid regurgitation. Methods and Results …

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

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 …

Two-dimensional echocardiography (2-DE) and Doppler methods are generally used for
assessing mechanisms and severity of mitral regurgitation (MR). Recently, 3-dimensional …

Echocardiography is currently the first investigation offered to patients with valvular heart
disease and, in some cases, the only test needed for their management. It provides …

Objective: To investigate the usefulness of the color Doppler proximal isovelocity surface
area (PISA) method, compared with the jet area method, in determining the severity of mitral …

The use of cardiac ultrasound imaging has enhanced the management of patients with
acute coronary syndromes. As ultrasound technology has advanced in the last decade, the …

OBJETIVO: Avaliar os diferentes métodos de quantificação de insuficiência mitral (IM) ao
ecocardiograma transesofágico (ETE) em pacientes com suspeita clínica de disfunção de …