Echocardiographic Assessment of Prosthetic Valves

Nanda, Navin C. MD
Cooper, John W.
Mahan, Edward F. III MD

From the Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Address for correspondence: Navin C. Nanda, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heart Station SWB/S102, Birmingham, AL 35294.

Circulation 84(3):p I228-I239, September 1991.

In this article we review the current status of M-mode, real-time two-dimensional imaging, conventional pulsed and continuous-wave Doppler, Doppler color flow mapping, and transesophageal echocardiography in the functional assessment of prosthetic valves. (Circulation 1991;84[suppl I]:I-228–I-239)