Role of Doppler echocardiography for cardiac output assessment in Fontan patients
Egbe A, Khan A, Khan S, Anavekar N, Said S, Young P, Akintoye E, Miranda W, Al-Otaibi M, Veldtman G, Connolly H. Role of Doppler echocardiography for cardiac output assessment in Fontan patients. American Heart Journal 2017, 195: 91-98. PMID: 29224651, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2017.09.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStroke volume indexSystemic left ventricleSystemic right ventricleFontan failureRight ventricleLeft ventricleFontan patientsTransthoracic echocardiographyLV patientsProtein-losing enteropathyCardiac output assessmentAge 17 yearsMean age 17 yearsHeart transplantationCardiac thrombusFontan conversionEjection fractionHeart failureDoppler echocardiographyPatientsVolume indexCMRIML/CirrhosisEchocardiographyUsefulness of the Mitral Regurgitation Severity Index to Assess the Severity of Chronic Mitral Regurgitation
Afonso L, Shokr M, Akintoye E, Briasoulis A, Alesh I, Alani A, Mahajan N, Veeranna V, Mostafa A, Zmily H, Telila T, Zalawadiya S. Usefulness of the Mitral Regurgitation Severity Index to Assess the Severity of Chronic Mitral Regurgitation. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2017, 120: 304-308. PMID: 28550931, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.04.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBlood Flow VelocityChronic DiseaseEchocardiography, Doppler, ColorEchocardiography, TransesophagealFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMitral ValveMitral Valve InsufficiencyPredictive Value of TestsReproducibility of ResultsRetrospective StudiesROC CurveSeverity of Illness IndexConceptsSevere mitral regurgitationMitral regurgitationTime-velocity integralVelocity integralNonsevere mitral regurgitationChronic mitral regurgitationInter-rater reproducibilityOptimal diagnostic accuracyDerivation cohortMitral inflowValidation cohortGood inter-rater reproducibilityHigh interobserver variabilityMR severityInter-rater agreementLevel IIMean differenceDiagnostic accuracyInterobserver variabilitySeverity IndexCut pointsRegurgitationPatientsCohortSeverity