Mitral and aortic incompetence

Over the past 5 years, the advent of echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has revealed a higher RHD… Expand

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is widely recognized as a non-invasive gold standard for quantification of… Expand

Comprehensive assessment of the severity of valvular insufficiency includes quantification of regurgitant volumes. Previous… Expand

OBJECTIVE We sought to evaluate the vena contracta width (VCW) measured using color Doppler as an index of severity of tricuspid… Expand

PURPOSE To evaluate the relationship between the intensity of murmurs and severity of mitral and aortic regurgitation. PATIENTS… Expand

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is generally associated with rheumatic valve disease and atrial septal defects (ASD) in young adults… Expand

OBJECTIVE--To determine the frequency of occurrence of mitral and aortic valvar regurgitation in rheumatic children in whom there… Expand

Abstract purpose: Although the antiphospholipid antibodies are well recognized to be associated with thrombosis, recurrent… Expand

It is not known if the favorable changes in preload and afterload that augment ejection performance in acute experimental aortic… Expand

Pulsed Doppler echocardiography was employed to detect disturbed or turbulent flow diagnostic of aortic or mitral regurgitation… Expand