
Reference Ranges and Determinants of Tricuspid Regurgitation Velocity in Healthy Adults Assessed by Two-Dimensional Doppler-Echocardiography
Author(s) -
Alberto M. Marra,
Robert Naeije,
Francesco Ferrara,
Olga Vriz,
Anna Agnese Stanziola,
Michele D’Alto,
Antonello D’Andrea,
Luca Carannante,
Christina A. Eichstaedt,
Antonio Cittadini,
Nicola Benjamin,
Ekkehard Grünig,
Eduardo Bossone
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000490191
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , blood pressure , mitral regurgitation , pulmonary hypertension , doppler echocardiography , diastole , cohort , body mass index , prospective cohort study
Tricuspid regurgitation velocity (TRV) is the most widely used parameter by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in the evaluation of patients with suspected pulmonary hypertension (PH).