Assessment of valvular regurgitation with Doppler echocardiography.
Echocardiography is routinely performed for the evaluation of valvular regurgitation. Different applications of Doppler echocardiography have been successfully applied to detect and quantify valvular regurgitation. Recent advances in color Doppler made possible the study of the dynamic behavior of the regurgitant orifice and, along with continuous wave Doppler, can provide data on the regurgitant volume and fraction. Doppler echocardiography can also be used to follow serial changes in these hemodynamically important parameters after medical or surgical therapy.
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Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology