... 91:1380 2.
6. Jenni R, Oechslin E, Schneider J, Attenhofer JC, Kaufmann PA. Echocardiographic and
pathoanatomical characteristics of isolated left ventricular non-compaction: a step
towards classification ... diagnosis of cardiomyopathy is made using all available clinical
data.
• The echocardiography report alone should never make a new diagno-
sis, but can suggest hypertrophic cardi...
... how far down the aorta can flow reversal be detected on colour
mapping
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Figure ... commissures adapted from TOE. This can often be obtained transthoracically by
slight angulation and rotation from the apical 2- chamber view
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... Bileaflet
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Table 5.14 Echocardiography after mitral valve repair
• Appearance of the mitral valve and annuloplasty ... (b) Caged-ball mitral valve in a 4-chamber
view. (c) Tilting-disk aortic valve in a parasternal long-axis view. (d) Zoomed view of
a bileaflet mechanical mitral valve in a 4-c...
... chamber areas. Echocardiography 1984; 1:403 26 .
2. Davidson WR Jr, Pasquale MJ, Fanelli C. A Doppler echocardiographic examination
of the normal aortic valve and left ventricular outflow tract. ... al. ACC/AHA 20 06 guidelines for the management of patients with
valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart
Association Task Force on Practice Gu...
... diameter
throughout the respiratory cycle or after a sniff
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3. LA or RA mass
• A mass attached to the atrial ... septum is likely to be a myxoma.
• A fixed mass attached away from the septum is likely to be malig-
nant. An associated pericardial effusion makes an angiosarcoma likely.
• F...
... diagnosis (Tables 9 .2 and 9.3).
A guide threshold for RA dilatation is a transverse diameter >5 cm in
the 4-chamber view.
Table 9.1 LA dilatation
1 ,2
Mild
a
Moderate Severe
LA area (cm
2
) 20 29 30–40 ... chamber quantifica-
tion. Eur J Echocardiogr 20 06; 7:79–108.
2. Abhayaratna WP, Seward JB, Appleton CP, et al. Left atrial size: physiologic determi-
nants and clinical...