Reproducibility and variability of the amount of tricuspid regurgitation with color Doppler echocardiography.
The measurement of right atrial area was variable between different observers; however, quantitation of tricuspid regurgitation with color Doppler is a reproducible method with an acceptable error of measurement.
Vandenberg
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Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52245, USA.
Ayres
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Lindower
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Burns
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Kerber
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D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D011897:Random Allocation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology