Echocardiographic reference ranges for normal cardiac Doppler data: results from the NORRE Study
Author(s) -
Larissa Gussatschenko Caballero,
Seisyou Kou,
R. Dulgheru,
Natalia Gonjilashvili,
George Athanassopoulos,
Daniele Barone,
Monica Baroni,
N. Cardim,
José Juan Gómez de Diego,
María J. Oliva,
A. Hagendorff,
Krasimira Hristová,
Teresa LópezFernández,
J. Magné,
C. Martinez,
Gonzalo de la Morena,
Bogdan A. Popescu,
M. Penicka,
Tolga Özyiğit,
D. Rodrigo Carbonero,
Alessandro Salustri,
Nico Van de Veire,
Ralph Stephan von Bardeleben,
Dragoş Vinereanu,
JensUwe Voigt,
José Luis Zamorano,
Anne Bernard,
Erwan Donal,
RM Lang,
Luigi P. Badano,
P. Lancellotti
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ehjci/jev083
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , reference values , doppler effect , cardiology , doppler echocardiography , diastole , doppler ultrasound , normal values , ultrasound , blood pressure , radiology , physics , astronomy
Reference values for Doppler parameters according to age and gender are recommended for the assessment of heart physiology, specifically for left ventricular (LV) diastolic function. In this study, we report normal reference ranges for Doppler parameters obtained in a large group of healthy volunteers. Echocardiographic data were acquired using state-of-the-art cardiac ultrasound equipment following Doppler acquisition and measurement protocols approved by the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.
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