Echocardiographic reference ranges for normal cardiac Doppler data: results from the NORRE Study

Conclusion The NORRE study provides the reference values for the most useful Doppler parameters in the evaluation of heart physiology. These data highlight the need of using age-specific reference values especially for the diagnosis of LV systolic and diastolic dysfunction and for the estimation of LV filling pressures.

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Source: European Journal of Echocardiography - August 20, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Caballero, L., Kou, S., Dulgheru, R., Gonjilashvili, N., Athanassopoulos, G. D., Barone, D., Baroni, M., Cardim, N., Gomez de Diego, J. J., Oliva, M. J., Hagendorff, A., Hristova, K., Lopez, T., Magne, J., Martinez, C., de la Morena, G., Popescu, B. A., P Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research