title: [Assessment of blood flow in hart and large vessels using Doppler color flow mapping].
abstract: Two-dimensional echocardiography allows the noninvasive assessment of the morphology and the movement of cardiac structures, including valves and ventricular walls. Color Doppler flow imaging presents a spatial visualization of blood flow, superimposed on two-dimensional echocardiographic images. The color indicates the direction of flow. Turbulent flow is readily identified by the 'mosaic pattern' of the color flow signal. The method facilitates the detection and localization of obstruction to flow, valvular regurgitation or a shunt.
authors.affiliation: Centre de cardiologie, Hôpital cantonal universitaire, Genève.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lerch
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ricou
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D012039:Regional Blood Flow
vernacular_title: La cartographie du flux sanguin dans le coeur et les gros vaisseaux par Doppler couleur.