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International Journal of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease(CEASE PUBLICATION) Vol. 1(1), pp. 10 - 14
DOI: 10.13189/ijccd.2013.010102
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A Mathematical Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation Severity with EROA
Kalpana Saini1,*, M. L. Dewal1, Manojkumar Rohit2
1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India
2 Advanced Cardiac Center, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
ABSTRACT
It is to be investigated and verified that vena contracta width (VCW) obtained from color Doppler images and effective regurgitant orifice area (EROA) obtained from the VCW is capable of quantifying the severity of mitral regurgitation (MR). A mathematical expression has been developed between VCW and EROA. Vena contracta width is an efficient method for grading the severity of MR, but it is very difficult to locate this narrowest part exactly in transthoracic echocardiography as well as in transesophageal echocardiography. So, indeed, there is a need to develop a method which is capable of finding out the vena contracta width. A comparison has also been made between the results obtained using the proposed computing method and the results obtained by the clinicians, manually. For this analysis have been done from the results obtained with automatic VCW finding method and with clinical data for severity grading.
KEYWORDS
Vena Contracta Width, Effective Regurgitant Orifice Area, Mitral Regurgitation, Severity Grading, Transthoracic Echocardiography, Transesophageal Echocardiography
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Kalpana Saini , M. L. Dewal , Manojkumar Rohit , "A Mathematical Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation Severity with EROA," International Journal of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease(CEASE PUBLICATION), Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 10 - 14, 2013. DOI: 10.13189/ijccd.2013.010102.
(b). APA Format:
Kalpana Saini , M. L. Dewal , Manojkumar Rohit (2013). A Mathematical Evaluation of Mitral Regurgitation Severity with EROA. International Journal of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease(CEASE PUBLICATION), 1(1), 10 - 14. DOI: 10.13189/ijccd.2013.010102.