title: Doppler evaluation of prosthetic mitral valves.
abstract: For the evaluation of patients with prosthetic heart valves Doppler echocardiography is superior over other noninvasive techniques because it allows quantitative assessment of valve function. As a noninvasive method Doppler is safe, easily repeatable and provides haemodynamic data that closely correlate with parameters obtained by invasive procedures (Sagar et al., 1986: Simpson et al., 1986; Wilkins et al., 1986; Gibbs, 1987). The purpose of our study was to evaluate Doppler characteristics of mechanical and tissue mitral prostheses; Starr-Edwards, Björk-Shiley, Hall-Medtronic and Hancock in patients with clinically normal valve function.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Clinical Hospital Dr. M. Stojanovíc, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Planinc
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jerić
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mihatov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Omcikus
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pagon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rudar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging