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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
The intraobserver, interobserver and beat to beat interpretative reproducibility of two-dimensional echocardiographic images of the mitral valve area has been studied retrospectively in a group of 37 patients affected by rheumatic mitral valve disease. Reproducibility has been expressed either in terms of mean absolute or percent error of duplicate measurements. A group of 11 normal subjects was used for comparison. In our normal group the intraobserver, interobserver and beat to beat reproducibility averaged 1.8 +/- 2.1%, 3.1 +/- 1.4%, 2.7 +/- 2.0% or 0.12 +/- 0.14 cm2, 0.21 +/- 0.10 cm2, 0.17 +/- 0.13 cm2, respectively. In our patient population the intraobserver, interobserver and beat to beat reproducibility averaged 2.7 +/- 2.7% 4.1 +/- 4.9%, 4.6 +/- 3.6% or 0.05 +/- 0.05 cm2, 0.08 +/- 0.10 cm2, 0.08 +/- 0.06 cm2. In both groups there was no statistical difference among intraobserver, interobserver and beat to beat reproducibility either in terms of percent or absolute value. The mean percent error did not significantly differ between normal or stenotic valves or, in this latter group, among valves of different sizes (less than or equal to 1.4 cm2; 1.5-2.4 cm2; greater than or equal to 2.5 cm2). The mean absolute error, on the contrary, statistically differed between the two groups or among valves of different sizes, being larger in normals or in valves greater than or equal to 1.5 cm2. Thus, the interpretative reproducibility for two-dimensional echocardiographic images of the mitral valve area is small and acceptable for most clinical purposes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0195-668X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
733-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Interpretative reproducibility of two-dimensional echocardiographic images. Analysis of intraobserver, interobserver and beat to beat reproducibility of the mitral valve orifice.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article