title: Usefulness of measuring net atrioventricular compliance by Doppler echocardiography in patients with mitral stenosis.
abstract: Twenty-six patients with severe pure mitral stenosis underwent Doppler echocardiographic examination and cardiac catheterization within the same day before the realization of mitral valve balloon valvuloplasty. Net atrioventricular compliance estimated by Doppler echocardiography from the ratio of mitral valve effective orifice area and E-wave downslope was a major independent determinant of left atrial and pulmonary arterial pressures measured by catheterization.
authors.affiliation: Research Group in Valvular Heart Diseases, Research Center of Laval Hospital/Quebec Heart Institute, Laval University, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Mingzhou
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Déry
authors.forename: Jean G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Dumesnil
authors.forename: Jean-Roch
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Boudreault
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jobin
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pibarot
mesh_terms: D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002404:Catheterization; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy