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European Heart Journal 1987 8(8):878-887;
Copyright © 1987 by the European Society of Cardiology.
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© 1987 The European Society of Cardiology

Detection of diastolic mitral regurgitation using pulsed Doppler and its implications

C. VEYRAT*,, G. SEBAOUN{dagger}, M. FITOUSSI{dagger}, G. ABITBOL{dagger}, P. DUMORA{dagger} and D. KALMANSON{dagger}

Fondation A. de Rothschild Paris, France

Received 3 October 1986; revised 9 February 1987; .

De Colette Veyrat, Department of Cardiology, Fondation A. de Rothschild. 25–29 rue Manin, 75940 Paris, Cedex 19, France.

Diastolic mitral regurgitation has been angiographically demonstrated in some patients with severe aortic regurgitation and/or nonobstructive cardiomyopathy. The purpose of this paper was two-fold: to study the feasibility of pulsed Doppler noninvasive detection of this unusually timed regurgitation on the basis of angiographic correlations in a group of 21 patients with such conditions and sinus rhythm with normal PR interval in 81% of the cases, and when diastolic mitral regurgitation was present, to study if it had clinical implications.

Doppler detection was feasible in all cases and there were no false positive diagnoses. Comparison of haemodynamic data in patients without (group A) and with (group B) diastolic mitral regurgitation showed a significant increase in the mean values of pressures, particularly for the mean pulmonary artery and capillary wedge pressures (P<0.001), in group B.

This study suggests that the recording of mitral flow velocity should be routinely performed in patients with such pathological conditions, since the finding of diastolic mitral regurgitation may have clinical significance.

Key Words: Pulsed Doppler echocardiography, • diastolic mitral regurgitation, • aortic regurgitation, • nonobstructive cardiomyopathy.


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