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Noninvasive Estimation of Aortic Valve Areas in Children with Aortic Stenosis
Author(s) -
WENDEL H.,
TEIEN D.,
HUMAN D. G.,
NANTON M. A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1990.tb11392.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , aortic valve , cardiology , aortic valve stenosis , doppler echocardiography , radiology , blood pressure , diastole
. Fifteen children with aortic stenosis were examined with Echo‐Doppler cardiography in order to evaluate the use of the continuity equation to calculate the aortic valve area. The results were compared to invasive estimates of valve area calculated with the Gorlin's equation. A close correlation between the two methods, r=0.94, was found and it is concluded that even in children an accurate estimate of valve area can be expected with the use of the continuity equation.