Prospective Comparison of Valve Regurgitation Quantitation by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Transthoracic Echocardiography.

Authors :: Cawley, Peter J.
Hamilton-Craig, Christian
Owens, David S.
Krieger, Eric V.
Strugnell, Wendy E.
Mitsumori, Lee
D'Jang, Caryn L.
Schwaegler, Rebecca G.
Nguyen, Khanh Q.
Nguyen, Bianca
Maki, Jeffrey H.
Otto, Catherine M.
Source :: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging; Jan2013, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p48-57, 10p
Publication Year :: 2013
Abstract: The article discusses a study which hypothesized that cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging of regurgitant volume (RVol) is more reproducible than transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Patients with chronic aortic regurgitation (AR) or mitral regurgitation (MR) underwent TTE and CMR. The results indicate that CMR may be superior for serial measurements due to its lower intraobserver and interobserver variabilities for RVol.

Subjects :: AORTIC valve
HEART valves
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
MITRAL valve
AORTIC valve insufficiency
MAGNETIC resonance imaging

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