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4060829

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
In 70 consecutive patients with the clinical diagnosis of mitral valve disease quantification of the mitral valve area was performed by 2-D echocardiography. In only 39 of these 70 patients (58%) could the mitral valve be satisfactorily positioned in the short-axis view for correct quantification of the valve area. In 31 patients a sufficient echo could not be assessed because of anatomical disorders, calcification of the valve or postoperative deformities of the valve apparatus after commissurotomy. In 30 of the 39 patients, in whom 2-D echocardiography allowed to determine the valve area, the results of the echocardiographic study corresponded with the valve area determined by angiography using the modified Gorlin formula. A sufficient correlation between both methods, however, was found only in patients with combined mitral valve disease (r = 0.81); no correlation could be found in the group of patients with pure mitral stenosis. From these results we conclude that in the individual patient 2-D echocardiography is not sufficient for exact quantification of mitral stenosis. Definite preoperative diagnosis necessitates additional investigations.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0300-5860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
531-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
[Clinical value of 2-dimensional echocardiography for quantifying mitral stenosis--possibilities and limits of the method].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract