Noninvasive evaluation of hemodynamics by Doppler echocardiography.
Doppler echocardiography plays an invaluable role in the diagnosis and management of patients with heart disease. Noninvasive measurements of cardiac output, pulmonary artery pressures, and left and right ventricular filling pressures can be obtained with reasonable accuracy at baseline and at intervals to assess the response to therapy. Furthermore, simple measurements of Doppler-acquired mitral inflow parameters provide independent and incremental prognostic data in patients with restrictive heart disease and in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure.
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Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. sherifn@bcmitmc.edu
D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left