Cardiac Doppler Diagnosis

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Current Clinical Applications of Doppler: A Local Perspective on a Developing Field....Pages 1-8
History of Pulse and Echo Doppler Ultrasound in Japan....Pages 9-18
The Physics of Doppler Ultrasound and its Measurement Instrumentation....Pages 19-31
Combination of Ultrasonic 2D-Echo Amplitude Imaging and Doppler Measurements....Pages 33-42
Doppler Measurement in Heart Chambers and Ascending Aorta: Comparing Single and Multi-Channel Systems....Pages 43-50
An Imaging Gate Pulse Doppler for Examination of Coronary Bypass Graft Patency....Pages 51-60
Ventricular Ejection Dynamics....Pages 61-67
Convenient Monitoring Of Cardiac Output and Global Left Ventricular Function by Transcutaneous Aortovelography — An Effective Alternative to Cardiac Output Measurements....Pages 69-80
Continuous Measurement of Cardiac Output with an Ultrasonic Catheter....Pages 81-90
Usefulness of Doppler Catheters in Assessment of Coronary Artery Blood Flow....Pages 91-97
The Cardiac Cycle: Mitral Flow and Valve Motion....Pages 99-110
Relations between Transmitral Flow and Ventricular Relaxation: A Study by Pulsed Doppler Flowmetry....Pages 111-120
Analysis of Diastolic Behavior of the Left Ventricle on Dynamic Exercise by Pulse Doppler Combined with 2-D Echocardiograph....Pages 121-130
Hemodynamic Principles for Cardiac Doppler Diagnosis....Pages 131-141
Cardiac Diagnosis using Continuous Wave Doppler and a True Spectral Display....Pages 143-152
CW Doppler with Spectral Analysis in Acquired Valve Disease....Pages 153-174
Fundamentals of Doppler Echocardiography Featuring an Independent CW and Pulsed System....Pages 175-185
Comparison of Continuous and Pulsed Doppler in Diagnosis of Mitral and Aortic Stenosis in Adults....Pages 187-201
Maximal Blood Flow Velocities and Assessment of Obstructions with Pulsed and Continuous Wave Doppler....Pages 203-218
Measurement of High Blood Flow Velocity at Depth, Using a Pulsed Doppler System: Noninvasive Estimation of Pressure Gradients....Pages 219-225
Pulsed Doppler Echocardiographic Quantification of Left-to-Right Shunts in Children with Isolated Ventricular Septal Defect....Pages 227-234
Multigate Doppler Visualization of Intracardiac Flow Disturbances in Congenital Heart Disease....Pages 235-245
Noninvasive Estimation of Pulmonary Artery Pressure by Doppler Ultrasound in Tricuspid Regurgitation....Pages 247-254
Diagnosis of Tricuspid Regurgitation. A Comparison Between Pulsed Doppler, Jugular Vein and Liver Pulse Recordings, Contrast Echocardiography and Angiography....Pages 255-262
Assessment of Tricuspid Regurgitation by Two-Dimensional Doppler Echocardiography....Pages 263-269
Analysis of Mitral Regurgitation in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Two-Dimensional Doppler Echocardiography....Pages 271-279
Non-Invasive Visualization and Estimation of Severity of Aortic Regurgitation by Multigated Pulsed Doppler Technique....Pages 281-288
A New Doppler Approach for Quantitation of Left Sided Regurgitation....Pages 289-297
A New Index for Evaluating Blood Flow Disturbance (Non-Uniformity Index) by a Pulsed Doppler Flowmeter....Pages 299-307
Colour Visualization of Two-Dimensional Distribution of Intracardiac Flow Abnormalities by Multigate Doppler Technique....Pages 309-318
Determination of the Source of Musical Heart Murmur Using Two-Dimensional Doppler Echocardiography....Pages 319-325
Combined 2D-Echo and Doppler Compared to Doppler Without Imaging. Assessment of Prosthetic Valves.....Pages 327-335
Quantification of Flow Obstruction in Mitral Stenosis and Prosthetic Mitral Valves with Doppler Ultrasound....Pages 337-342
Pulsed and Continuous Wave Doppler for Evaluation of Mitral and Aortic St. Jude Prosthetic Valves....Pages 343-347
Back Matter....Pages 349-350