[Quantification of mitral regurgitation].
The echographic methods of quantification of mitral regurgitation are various. Semiquantitative methods using the color Doppler extension of the regurgitant jet are now replaced by more quantitative methods, including PISA, jet width, and regurgitant fraction. Although sometimes difficult, accurate quantification of mitral regurgitation is now possible in a majority of patients using transthoracic echocardiography.
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Hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris, France. eric.abergel@egp.ap-hop-paris.fr
D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation