Improved assessment of mitral valve stenosis by volumetric real-time three-dimensional echocardiography

Comparing methods of measurement: why plotting difference against standard method is misleading

1995 • 2,291 citations

Hydraulic formula for calculation of the area of the stenotic mitral valve, other cardiac valves, and central circulatory shunts. I

1951 • 1,779 citations

Percutaneous balloon dilatation of the mitral valve: an analysis of echocardiographic variables related to outcome and the mechanism of dilatation.

1988 • 1,138 citations

Noninvasive assessment of atrioventricular pressure half-time by Doppler ultrasound.

1979 • 688 citations

SPECIAL ARTICLE COMPARING METHODS OF MEASUREMENT

1997 • 348 citations

Reliability and reproducibility of two dimensional echocardiographic measurement of the stenotic mitral valve orifice area

1979 • 228 citations

Two-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of mitral stenosis.

1977 • 217 citations

Doppler mitral pressure half-time: A clinical tool in search of theoretical justification

1987 • 175 citations

Real-time Three-dimensional Echocardiography for Determining Right Ventricular Stroke Volume in an Animal Model of Chronic Right Ventricular Volume Overload

1998 • 164 citations

Measurement of mitral valve area in mitral stenosis: Four echocardiographic methods compared with direct measurement of anatomic orifices

1996 • 152 citations

Influence of orifice geometry and flow rate on effective valve area: An in vitro study

1990 • 114 citations

Advances in the hemodynamic assessment of stenotic cardiac valves

1987 • 109 citations

Aortic regurgitation shortens Doppler pressure half-time in mitral stenosis: Clinical evidence, in vitro simulation and theoretic analysis

1990 • 108 citations

Reassessment of valve area determinations in mitral stenosis by the pressure half-time method: Impact of left ventricular stiffness and peak diastolic pressure difference

1989 • 92 citations

Assessment of Regional Wall Motion Abnormalities with Real-Time 3-Dimensional Echocardiography

1999 • 90 citations

Accurate assessment of mitral valve area in patients with mitral stenosis by three-dimensional echocardiography

1997 • 77 citations

Comparison of proximal isovelocity surface area method with pressure half-time and planimetry in evaluation of mitral stenosis

1995 • 73 citations

Comparison of hemodynamic pressure half-time method and Gorlin formula with Doppler and echocardiographic determinations of mitral valve area in patients with combined mitral stenosis and regurgitation

1990 • 43 citations

Application of Doppler color flow imaging to determine valve area in mitral stenosis

1991 • 37 citations

Revision of Gorlin constant for calculation of mitral valve area from left heart pressures.

1973 • 37 citations

Quantification of mitral valve stenosis by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

1996 • 33 citations

Variability between methods of calculating mitral valve area: Simultaneous Doppler echocardiographic and cardiac catheterization studies conducted before and after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty

1996 • 29 citations

Value and limitations of Doppler pressure half-time in quantifying mitral stenosis: A comparison with micromanometer catheter recordings

1991 • 29 citations

Color flow Doppler determination of transmitral flow and orifice area in mitral stenosis: Experimental evaluation of the proximal flow-convergence method

1995 • 24 citations

Three-dimensional echocardiography using a transoesophageal imaging probe: Potentials and technical considerations

1996 • 20 citations

Comparison of the usefulness of Doppler pressure half-time in mitral stenosis in patients < 65 and > or = 65 years of age.

1996 • 14 citations

Comparison of the usefulness of doppler pressure half-time in mitral stenosis in patients &lt;65 and ≥65 years of age

1996 • 12 citations

Two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic determination of mitral valve area in adults with mitral stenosis

1994 • 8 citations

Assessment of mitral valvar stenosis by echocardiography: utility of various methods before and after mitral valvotomy

1991 • 7 citations

Non-invasive assessment of mitral stenosis before and after percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy by Doppler continuity equation

1992 • 7 citations

Practical value of echo Doppler evaluation of aortic and mitral stenosis: a comparative study with cardiac catheterization.

1990 • 3 citations