TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of diastolic atrioventricular valvular regurgitation by pulsed Doppler echocardiography and its association with complete heart block
AU - Rokey, Roxann
AU - Murphy, Daniel J.
AU - Nielsen, Anton P.
AU - Abinader, Edward G.
AU - Huhta, James C.
AU - Quiñones, Miguel A.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, and the Department of Pediatrics, Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Houston, Texas 77030. This study was supported in part by Grant RR-00188 from the General Clinical Research Branch, National Institutes of Health, and by Grant RR-05425 from the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland. Manuscript received June 20,1985; revised manuscript received August 13,1985,ac cepted August 14,1985.
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PY - 1986/5/3
Y1 - 1986/5/3
N2 - The cineangiographic and hemodynamic presence of diastolic mitral regurgitation has been described in patients with complete heart block, aortic valvular regurgitation, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and in patients with long diastolic filling periods in atrial fibrillation. 1-3 However, because of its relatively low velocity, diastolic mitral regurgitation may be difficult to diagnose noninvasively. Pulsed Doppler echocardiography provides noninvasive evaluation of blood flow through cardiac valves and has been shown to be sensitive in the detection of valvular regurgitation.4,5 We studied 8 consecutive, nonselected patients with complete heart block over a 6-month period, and all had Doppler evidence of diastolic mitral or tricuspid regurgitation.
AB - The cineangiographic and hemodynamic presence of diastolic mitral regurgitation has been described in patients with complete heart block, aortic valvular regurgitation, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and in patients with long diastolic filling periods in atrial fibrillation. 1-3 However, because of its relatively low velocity, diastolic mitral regurgitation may be difficult to diagnose noninvasively. Pulsed Doppler echocardiography provides noninvasive evaluation of blood flow through cardiac valves and has been shown to be sensitive in the detection of valvular regurgitation.4,5 We studied 8 consecutive, nonselected patients with complete heart block over a 6-month period, and all had Doppler evidence of diastolic mitral or tricuspid regurgitation.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9149(86)90864-7
DO - 10.1016/0002-9149(86)90864-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 3953459
AN - SCOPUS:0022540258
VL - 57
SP - 692
EP - 694
JO - American Journal of Cardiology
JF - American Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0002-9149
IS - 8
ER -