Why the study?
What is the prevalence of right-sided valvular regurgitation in normal children as determined by Doppler echocardiography?
Population
173 normal children, aged 8.3 +/- 2.7 (range 5-14) years.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Common insignificant right-sided regurgitation in healthy children warrants diagnostic caution; leaves open need for standardized pediatric norms.
What is the prevalence of right-sided valvular regurgitation in normal children as determined by Doppler echocardiography?
Right-sided valvular regurgitation is a common, normal physiological finding in healthy children and should not be misdiagnosed as structural heart disease.
OORT et al. (1994) studied this question.
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