Recommendations for quantification of Doppler echocardiography: A report from the Doppler quantification task force of the nomenclature and standards committee of the American Society of Echocardiography

Doppler Tissue Imaging: A Noninvasive Technique for Evaluation of Left Ventricular Relaxation and Estimation of Filling Pressures

1997 • 2,998 citations

Clinical Utility of Doppler Echocardiography and Tissue Doppler Imaging in the Estimation of Left Ventricular Filling Pressures

2000 • 2,755 citations

Assessment of Mitral Annulus Velocity by Doppler Tissue Imaging in the Evaluation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function

1997 • 1,573 citations

Relation of transmitral flow velocity patterns to left ventricular diastolic function: New insights from a combined hemodynamic and Doppler echocardiographic study

1988 • 1,571 citations

Continuous wave doppler determination of right ventricular pressure: A simultaneous Doppler-catheterization study in 127 patients

1985 • 1,018 citations

Noninvasive estimation of right atrial pressure from the inspiratory collapse of the inferior vena cava

1990 • 1,011 citations

Evaluation of aortic insufficiency by Doppler color flow mapping

1987 • 893 citations

Estimation of left ventricular filling pressures using two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography in adult patients with cardiac disease

1993 • 776 citations

Assessment of Diastolic Function of the Heart: Background and Current Applications of Doppler Echocardiography. Part II. Clinical Studies

1989 • 764 citations

Pulsed Doppler echocardiographic determination of stroke volume and cardiac output: clinical validation of two new methods using the apical window.

1984 • 729 citations

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

1979 • 688 citations

Noninvasive Doppler determination of cardiac output in man. Clinical validation.

1983 • 600 citations

Doppler Estimation of Left Ventricular Filling Pressure in Sinus Tachycardia

1998 • 588 citations

Noninvasive estimation of valve area in patients with aortic stenosis by Doppler ultrasound and two-dimensional echocardiography.

1985 • 561 citations

Noninvasive assessment of pressure drop in mitral stenosis by Doppler ultrasound.

1978 • 538 citations

Determination of parameters of left ventricular diastolic filling with pulsed Doppler echocardiography: comparison with cineangiography.

1985 • 536 citations

Non-invasive assessment of aortic stenosis by Doppler ultrasound.

1980 • 516 citations

Continuous-wave Doppler echocardiographic assessment of severity of calcific aortic stenosis: a simultaneous Doppler-catheter correlative study in 100 adult patients.

1985 • 514 citations

Doppler Estimation of Left Ventricular Filling Pressures in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

1999 • 513 citations

Relation of pulmonary vein to mitral flow velocities by transesophageal Doppler echocardiography. Effect of different loading conditions.

1990 • 505 citations

Clinical Application of Pulsed Doppler Tissue Imaging for Assessing Abnormal Left Ventricular Relaxation

1997 • 494 citations

Left ventricular flow propagation during early filling is related to wall relaxation: A color M-mode Doppler analysis

1992 • 482 citations

An Index of Early Left Ventricular Filling That Combined With Pulsed Doppler Peak E Velocity May Estimate Capillary Wedge Pressure

1997 • 471 citations

Differentiation of constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy by Doppler echocardiography.

1989 • 455 citations

Estimation of mean left atrial pressure from transesophageal pulsed Doppler echocardiography of pulmonary venous flow.

1990 • 436 citations

Color M-mode Doppler flow propagation velocity is a preload insensitive index of left ventricular relaxation: animal and human validation

2000 • 430 citations

Determination of the stenotic aortic valve area in adults using Doppler echocardiography

1986 • 382 citations

Effective mitral regurgitant orifice area: Clinical use and pitfalls of the proximal isovelocity surface area method

1995 • 381 citations

Accurate noninvasive quantification of stenotic aortic valve area by Doppler echocardiography.

1986 • 376 citations

Diagnostic role of Doppler echocardiography in constrictive pericarditis

1994 • 330 citations

Quantitative Doppler assessment of valvular regurgitation.

1993 • 330 citations

A practical guide to assessment of ventricular diastolic function using doppler echocardiography

1996 • 318 citations

Left ventricular diastolic function: Comparison of pulsed doppler echocardiographic and hemodynamic indexes in subjects with and without coronary artery disease

1989 • 297 citations

Effective regurgitant orifice area: A noninvasive Doppler development of an old hemodynamic concept

1994 • 296 citations

Assessment of Mitral Regurgitation Severity by Doppler Color Flow Mapping of the Vena Contracta

1997 • 291 citations

Assessment of Left Ventricular Filling Pressures by Doppler in the Presence of Atrial Fibrillation

1996 • 288 citations

Dynamics of mitral regurgitant flow and orifice area. Physiologic application of the proximal flow convergence method: clinical data and experimental testing.

1994 • 281 citations

Quantification of pressure gradients across stenotic valves by Doppler ultrasound

1983 • 278 citations

Relation of Mean Right Atrial Pressure to Echocardiographic and Doppler Parameters of Right Atrial and Right Ventricular Function

1996 • 267 citations

Determination of regurgitant fraction in isolated mitral or aortic regurgitation by pulsed Doppler two-dimensional echocardiography

1986 • 262 citations

Impact of impinging wall jet on color Doppler quantification of mitral regurgitation.

1991 • 248 citations

Value and limitations of Doppler echocardiography in the quantification of stenotic mitral valve area: comparison of the pressure half-time and the continuity equation methods.

1988 • 236 citations

Estimation of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure from Doppler transmitral flow velocity in cardiac patients independent of systolic performance

1992 • 214 citations

Assessment of Right Atrial Pressure With 2-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography: A Simultaneous Catheterization and Echocardiographic Study

2000 • 210 citations

Continuous wave Doppler echocardiographic measurement of prosthetic valve gradients. A simultaneous Doppler-catheter correlative study.

1989 • 186 citations

Grading of Mitral Regurgitation by Quantitative Doppler Echocardiography

1997 • 184 citations

Discrepancies between Doppler and catheter gradients in aortic prosthetic valves in vitro. A manifestation of localized gradients and pressure recovery.

1990 • 182 citations

Comparative accuracy of two-dimensional echocardiography and Doppler pressure half-time methods in assessing severity of mitral stenosis in patients with and without prior commissurotomy.

1986 • 179 citations

Doppler echocardiographic assessment of the St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve in the aortic position using the continuity equation.

1991 • 174 citations

Instantaneous pressure gradient: A simultaneous doppler and dual catheter correlative study

1986 • 171 citations

Quantification of aortic regurgitation utilizing continuous wave Doppler ultrasound

1986 • 165 citations

Value and Limitations of Doppler Echocardiography in the Quantification of Stenotic Mitral Valve Area: Comparison of the Pressure Half-time and the Continuity Equation Methods

1988 • 153 citations

Doppler echocardiography reliably predicts pulmonary artery wedge pressure in patients with chronic heart failure with and without mitral regurgitation

1996 • 148 citations

Normal Values of Prosthetic Valve Doppler Echocardiographic Parameters: A Review

1988 • 146 citations

Proximal Jet Size by Doppler Color Flow Mapping Predicts Severityof Mitral Regurgitation

1995 • 145 citations

Value and limitations of transesophageal echocardiography in assessment of mitral valve prostheses.

1991 • 140 citations

Effect of prosthetic aortic valve design on the Doppler-catheter gradient correlation: An in vitro study of normal St. Jude, Medtronic-Hall, Starr-Edwards and Hancock valves

1992 • 137 citations

Feasibility and accuracy of Doppler echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary artery occlusive pressure in the intensive care unit

1995 • 118 citations

Quantification of Mitral Regurgitation by the Proximal Convergence Method Using Transesophageal Echocardiography

1995 • 115 citations

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

1990 • 108 citations

Validation and applications of mitral prosthetic valvular areas calculated by Doppler echocardiography

1990 • 108 citations

Cardiac Tamponade: Characteristic Doppler Observations

1989 • 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

Measurement of left ventricular stroke volume using continuous wave doppler echocardiography of the ascending aorta and M-mode echocardiography of the aortic valve

1987 • 79 citations

Determination of cardiac output by Doppler echocardiography: a critical appraisal.

1986 • 78 citations

Calculation of volume flow rate by the proximal isovelocity surface area method: Simplified approach using color Doppler zero baseline shift

1993 • 73 citations

Measurement of aortic blood flow by doppler echocardiography: Day to day variability in normal subjects and applicability in clinical research

1991 • 70 citations

Patterns of normal transvalvular regurgitation in mechanical valve prostheses

1991 • 62 citations

Doppler echocardiographic assessment with the continuity equation of St. Jude medical mechanical prostheses in the mitral valve position

1995 • 58 citations

Comparison of Transthoracic and Transesophageal Assessment of Prosthetic Valve Dysfunction

1990 • 54 citations

Pressure Half-Time Does Not Always Predict Mitral Valve Area Correctly

1988 • 46 citations

Regurgitant Flow in Apparently Normal Valve Prostheses: Improved Detection and Semiquantitative Analysis by Transesophageal Two-dimensional Color-coded Doppler Echocardiography

1990 • 45 citations

Noninvasive evaluation of pulmonary artery systolic pressures during dynamic exercise by saline-enhanced Doppler echocardiography

1990 • 44 citations

Left Ventricular Systolic Wall Motion Velocities Along the Long and Short Axes Measured by Pulsed Tissue Doppler Imaging in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

1999 • 42 citations

Echocardiography and Doppler ultrasound in the evaluation of pericardial disease.

1991 • 41 citations

Usefulness of transthoracic echocardiography in detecting significant prosthetic mitral valve regurgitation

1999 • 31 citations

Substitution of left ventricular outflow tract diameter with prosthesis size is inadequate for calculation of the aortic prosthetic valve area by the continuity equation

1995 • 26 citations

Mitral pressure half-time: is it a valid measure of orifice area in artificial heart valves?

1993 • 7 citations