Reproducibility of reading echocardiographic parameters to assess severity of mitral regurgitation. Insights from a French multicentre study.

CONCLUSION: Reproducible transthoracic echocardiography MR quantification remains challenging in 2019, despite the expected high skills of echocardiographers regarding MR at the time of dedicated percutaneous intervention. The multiparametric approach does not entirely alleviate the substantial dispersion in measurement of MR severity parameters, whereas reader experience seems to partially address the issue. Our study emphasizes the continuing need for multimodality imaging and education in the evaluation of MR among cardiologists.
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Source: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases - September 25, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Coisne A, Aghezzaf S, Edmé JL, Bernard A, Ma I, Bohbot Y, Di Lena C, Nicol M, Lavie Badie Y, Eyharts D, Seemann A, Falaise C, Ternacle J, Nguyen A, Montier G, Hubert A, Montaigne D, Donal E, Dreyfus J Tags: Arch Cardiovasc Dis Source Type: research