title: Reproducibility and variability of the amount of tricuspid regurgitation with color Doppler echocardiography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52245, USA.
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Vandenberg
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Ayres
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Lindower
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Kerber
mesh_terms: 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