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Echocardiography is the primary imaging modality to assess valvular quantification such as degree of valve stenosis and regurgitation as well as pressures in cardiac chambers. Flow velocities across valves and cardiac chambers can be measured using Doppler echocardiography.
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Video 4.1
Apical four chamber view with color Doppler showing turbulent flow through severely stenotic thickened tricuspid valve (AVI 8142 kb)
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Color Doppler image of severe aortic regurgitation in parasternal long (left) and short (right) axis views (AVI 5306 kb)
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Apical 4 chamber view showing color Doppler imaging of severe mitral regurditation (AVI 6099 kb)
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Right ventricular inflow view showing color Doppler images of severe tricuspid regurgitation (AVI 5334 kb)
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Kireyev, D., Hung, J. (2016). Valvular Quantification. In: Kireyev, D., Hung, J. (eds) Cardiac Imaging in Clinical Practice. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21458-0_4
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