by MikeT | Echocardiography Basics
Patients presenting for cardiac surgery rarely present with normal hearts and often have some degree of diastolic dysfunction. Diastolic dysfunction is a mechanical cardiac abnormality that we can measure and quantify with echocardiography. Diastolic heart failure is...
by Mike | Echocardiography Basics
When performing a comprehensive echocardiography exam quantification of mitral regurgitation has to rank as one of the more challenging routine questions you will be asked to answer. No single parameter can be relied upon to accurately report the severity of mitral...
by Mike | Echocardiography Basics
Of all the structures of the heart to image with echocardiography, few are as challenging as the mitral valve. Adding to this complexity is the strong support for mitral valve repair in patients with non-ischemic mitral valve disease. It is fair to say that...
