Are measurements of systolic myocardial velocities and displacement with colour and spectral Tissue Doppler compatible?

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Tissue Doppler (TD) in pulsed mode (spectral TD) and colour TD are the two modalities today available in tissue velocity echocardiography (TVE). Previous studies have shown poor agreement between these two methods when measuring myoc...

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Main Authors: Winter Reidar, Shahgaldi Kambiz, Nyktari Evangelia, Shala Arben, Manouras Aristomenis, Vardas Panagiotis, Brodin Lars-Åke, Nowak Jacek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Online Access:http://www.cardiovascularultrasound.com/content/7/1/29