Clinical Utility of Doppler Echocardiography and Tissue Doppler Imaging in the Estimation of Left Ventricular Filling Pressures
Why the study?
Does the combination of tissue Doppler imaging and mitral inflow velocity curves improve the estimation of LV filling pressures compared to other methods?
Comparison
Combination of tissue Doppler imaging of the… vs Other methods (pulmonary vein, preload reduction)
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May enhance noninvasive LV filling pressure estimation; leaves open prospective validation before changing practice.
Structured PICO
Does the combination of tissue Doppler imaging and mitral inflow velocity curves improve the estimation of LV filling pressures compared to other methods?
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Intervention
Combination of tissue Doppler imaging of the mitral annulus and mitral inflow velocity curves
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Comparator
Other methods (pulmonary vein, preload reduction)
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Outcome
Estimation of left ventricular filling pressuressurrogate
A stepwise approach incorporating tissue Doppler imaging and mitral inflow velocity curves is recommended for accurate estimation of LV filling pressures.
Cite This Study
Ommen et al. (2000) studied this question.