title: [One- or two-dimensional echocardiography. A comparative study].
abstract: A consecutive series of 300 M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiograms was reviewed retrospectively by 2 independent observers. These tests had been performed in adult patients who were either ambulatory or hospitalized in a community hospital. The diagnostic contribution of two-dimensional echo in comparison to M-mode was nil in three-quarters of the cases; it was rated as important or essential in only 20% of the cases. It is concluded that M-mode echocardiography in adults retains its value in everyday cardiac practice.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Echocardiographie uni- ou bidimensionnelle? Une étude comparative.