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A total of 92 patients with mitral regurgitation (age 63 +/- 13 years, 51 men, 41 women), quantified by angiography, were studied using color-flow Doppler imaging of isovelocity surface areas in the flow convergence region proximal to the regurgitant orifice (PISAs) and of the regurgitant jet in the left atrium. The PISA radii for the flow velocities (aliasing borders) of 28 and 41 cm/s, jet area, jet length, and relation of jet area to left atrial area were measured. A proximal flow convergence region was imaged in 98% (85%) of all patients for a flow velocity of 28 (41) cm/s. A regurgitant jet could be visualized in all patients. The PISA radii for both flow velocities correlated more closely with the angiographic grade (rSp = 0.79 for both flow velocities) than the jet area (rSp = 0.43), jet length (rSp = 0.39), and relation of jet area to left atrial area (rSp = 0.37). A correct differentiation of grade I-II from grade III-IV mitral regurgitation was provided in 95% of the patients by the proximal flow convergence method for both flow velocities and in up to 78% of the patients by the jet area method using the uncorrected jet area. The PISA radii correlated weakly with the parameters from the regurgitant jet (r = 0.5-0.58). It can be concluded that the proximal flow convergence method and the jet area method reach comparable sensitivity for the detection of mitral regurgitation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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