Comparison of quantitative Doppler with magnetic resonance imaging for assessment of the severity of mitral regurgitation.
We compared quantitative Doppler echocardiography and cine magnetic resonance imaging for calculation of regurgitant volume and regurgitant fraction in mitral regurgitation. A good correlation was present between the 2 methods with some scatter in patients with severe mitral regurgitation and high regurgitant volumes.
Kizilbash
A M
AM
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9047, USA.
Hundley
W G
WG
Willett
D L
DL
Franco
F
F
Peshock
R M
RM
Grayburn
P A
PA
D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index