Clinical usefulness of the effective regurgitant orifice area determined by transesophageal echocardiography in patients with eccentric aortic regurgitation.
Copyright policy )Clinical usefulness of the effective regurgitant orifice area determined by transesophageal echocardiography in patients with eccentric aortic regurgitation.
The aortic regurgitant jet is frequently eccentric, and Doppler color flow mapping techniques of the distal jet is influenced by this eccentricity. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the effective regurgitant orifice area (EROA), determined by the proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA) method using multiplane transesophageal echocardiography (m-TEE), could be used to evaluate the severity of aortic regurgitation (AR) in patients with an eccentric jet.Forty-eight patients with eccentric AR were studied. Values of EROA determined by the PISA method were compared with results from cross-sectional area (CSA), vena contracta (VC) width, aortic angiography, and regurgitant fraction.Values of EROA correlated well with results from CSA (r = 0.73, p 0.27 cm2 were always associated with a regurgitant fraction > 0.4, while EROA values < 0.27 cm2 were always associated with a regurgitant fraction < 0.4.We conclude that, in patients with an eccentric jet, measurement of EROA values by the PISA method using m-TEE is a reliable method of assessing the severity of AR.
- Iwate Medical University Japan
Male, Observer Variation, Cardiac Catheterization, Aortic Valve Insufficiency, Reproducibility of Results, Aorta, Thoracic, Middle Aged, Severity of Illness Index, Echocardiography, Doppler, Color, Predictive Value of Tests, Aortic Valve, Cineangiography, Humans, Female, Cardiac Output, Blood Flow Velocity, Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Male, Observer Variation, Cardiac Catheterization, Aortic Valve Insufficiency, Reproducibility of Results, Aorta, Thoracic, Middle Aged, Severity of Illness Index, Echocardiography, Doppler, Color, Predictive Value of Tests, Aortic Valve, Cineangiography, Humans, Female, Cardiac Output, Blood Flow Velocity, Echocardiography, Transesophageal
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