Author/Authors :
SAAD, ZIZI National Heart Institute, Egypt , SAAD, ZIZI Zagazig University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Egypt , SHAKER, AHMAD Zagazig University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Egypt , SHAKER, AHMAD National Heart Institute, Egypt , SLEEM, MOHAMAD Zagazig University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Egypt , SLEEM, MOHAMAD National Heart Institute, Egypt , EL -RAWY, MOHAMAD Zagazig University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Egypt , EL -RAWY, MOHAMAD National Heart Institute, Egypt , EL-ZAKY, MANAR Zagazig University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Egypt , EL-ZAKY, MANAR National Heart Institute, Egypt
Abstract :
Background: Non invasive assessment of diastolic filling pressure by Doppler echocardiography is important for the interpretation of symptoms and optimization of unloading therapy in patients with severe mitral stenosis. Recently a novel Doppler time interval between the onset of early diastolic mitral inflow velocity (E) and annular early diastolic velocity (Ea) by tissue Doppler imaging (Te_ea ), have been proposed as one of the useful indices for this assessment.
Keywords :
Mitral valve disease , Left ventricular filling pressure , Doppler time intervals , Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure.
