Echocardiography is now cornerstone for diagnosis and quantification of valvular heart disease. While 2D echocardiography is limited to providing qualitative morphological descriptions of valvular abnormalities. But with the use of Doppler echocardiography, hemodynamic variables such as pressure gradients across stenotic valve, stenotic and regurgitant valve orifice area, cardiac output,regurgitant volume and pulmonary artery pressure can be reliably measured.Doppler evaluation can be as, or even more accurate than cardiac catheterization in assessing hemodynamic state.
We shall be discussing important echocardiographic features with individual valvular lesions in this unit.
We shall be discussing important echocardiographic features with individual valvular lesions in this unit.
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