Key result
Biplane transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography detected mitral regurgitation with 100% sensitivity and 38% specificity compared to angiography.
Why the study?
Does biplane transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography accurately detect and grade mitral regurgitation compared to angiography in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization?
Population
51 patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and left ventriculography
Comparison
Biplane transesophageal color Doppler… vs Angiography (left ventriculography)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Low specificity cautions against overdiagnosis of mitral regurgitation; leaves open optimal jet area thresholds for severity grading.
Cross-Sectional (n=51)
Does biplane transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography accurately detect and grade mitral regurgitation compared to angiography in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization?
Effect estimate: Sensitivity 100%, Specificity 38%
Biplane transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography is highly sensitive for detecting mitral regurgitation, and the maximum regurgitant jet area from two planes correlates well with angiographic severity grading.
Yoshida et al. (1990) conducted a cross-sectional in Mitral regurgitation (n=51). Biplane transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography vs. Angiography was evaluated on Detection of mitral regurgitation (Sensitivity 100%, Specificity 38%). Biplane transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography detected mitral regurgitation with 100% sensitivity and 38% specificity compared to angiography.
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