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Specificity of Doppler echocardiography for the assessment of changes in valvular regurgitation: comparison of side-by-side versus serial interpretation

Neil J. Weissman, MD, FACC^*, Julio A. Panza, MD, FACC, John F. Tighe, Jr., MD, FACC, Susan T. Perras, RN, MSN, Harvey Kushner, PhD and John S. Gottdiener, MD, FACC^||

^* Cardiovascular Research Institute, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
Cardiology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Cardiovascular Research Institute, New Windsor, New York, USA
Department of Clinical Research, Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
^|| St. Francis Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Roslyn, New York, USA

View larger version (32K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 (A) Specificity in serial versus side-by-side reads (n = 219). There is significantly greater specificity for mitral regurgitation (MR) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) using side-by-side reading method. (B) Data loss with serial versus side-by-side reads (n = 219). Data loss is defined as valves, which were classified as nonevaluable or noncomparable. There is significantly less data loss in side-by-side reads versus serial reads for aortic regurgitation (AR), TR and nearly significant for MR.