Hand-Carried Echocardiography in Assessing Ventricular Function and Valvular Regurgitation

DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN SUBCLINICAL RHEUMATIC VALVULAR REGURGITATION: ALONGTERM STUDY

Doppler echocardiography (DE) is known to be a valuable tool for detecting subclinical forms of valvular regurgitation (VRJ in theacutephase of rheumatic fever (RF). Previous studies have mostly dealt with the acute phase problem with only short-term follow-up. In this study, 24 children between 4-15 years of age (mean age II.X±2.7 years) with RF without clinically diagnosed carditis (most ...

Reliability of cardiac dimensions and valvular regurgitation assessment by sonographers using hand-carried ultrasound devices.

AIM We sought to assess the reliability of some basic echocardiographic data obtained by trained sonographers using a hand-held ultrasound device. METHODS One hundred and twelve consecutive patients (mean age 61, 64 males) referred for in-hospital or ambulatory routine echocardiography were considered. All patients underwent two-dimensional and colour Doppler examination performed by a traine...

doppler echocardiography in subclinical rheumatic valvular regurgitation: alongterm study

doppler echocardiography (de) is known to be a valuable tool for detecting subclinical forms of valvular regurgitation (vrj in theacutephase of rheumatic fever (rf). previous studies have mostly dealt with the acute phase problem with only short-term follow-up. in this study, 24 children between 4-15 years of age (mean age ii.x±2.7 years) with rf without clinically diagnosed carditis (most with...

Valvular regurgitation by color Doppler echocardiography.

Intracardiac echocardiography imaging of periprosthetic valvular regurgitation.

A 62-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of recent-onset dyspnoea at rest and a newly found systolic heart murmur, heard best at the apex of the heart. The patient's history was notable for surgical mitral valve replacement 3 years ago, due to severe mitral regurgitation (myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve). The transthoracic echocardiogram gave the impression of a mitral regurg...