title: Automated assessment of noninvasive filling pressure using color Doppler M-mode echocardiography.
abstract: Assessment of left ventricular filling pressure usually requires invasive hemodynamic monitoring to follow the progression of disease or the response to therapy. Previous investigations have shown accurate estimation of wedge pressure using noninvasive Doppler information obtained from the ratio of the wave propagation slope from color M-mode (CMM) images and the peak early diastolic filling velocity from transmitral Doppler images. This study reports an automated algorithm that derives an estimate of wedge pressure based on the spatiotemporal velocity distribution available from digital CMM Doppler images of LV filling.
authors.affiliation: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA. greenbn@ccf.org
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Firstenberg
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Cardon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003198:Computer Simulation; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008150:Lower Body Negative Pressure; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D011312:Pressure; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*