March 1, 1993Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
Right Ventricular Diastolic Filling
Why the study?
Does velocity-encoded cine (VEC) MR accurately measure right ventricular diastolic filling parameters compared to Doppler echocardiography in normal volunteers?
Population
10 normal volunteers
Comparison
Velocity-encoded cine MR vs Doppler echocardiography
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Confirms VEC-MR agreement with Doppler for RV E/A in normals; leaves open validation in patients with diastolic dysfunction.
Structured PICO
Does velocity-encoded cine (VEC) MR accurately measure right ventricular diastolic filling parameters compared to Doppler echocardiography in normal volunteers?
P
Population
10 normal volunteers
I
Intervention
Velocity-encoded cine (VEC) MR (various imaging planes and strategies)
C
Comparator
Doppler echocardiography
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Outcome
Correlation of E/A ratios derived by VEC-MR and Doppler echocardiographysurrogate
VEC-MR provides highly reproducible measurements of right ventricular diastolic filling that correlate excellently with Doppler echocardiography.
Cite This Study
Mostbeck et al. (1993) studied this question.