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I Märcz

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[Comparative study of digitalized M-mode and Doppler echocardiography in assessing left ventricular function].

The systolic and diastolic functions were examined using digitized M-mode and Doppler echocardiography in 27 patients with previous myocardial infarction and in 20 healthy subjects. Both methods separated well the patients from the control group but their difference was significantly greater when the ventricular function was assessed with Doppler parametres, digitized M-mode and Doppler echocardiographical results were controlled for possible correlations, but only time intervals showed significant correlations. The highest correlation was found between the values for isovolumic relaxation period. The authors conclude that Doppler echocardiography is to be preferred as a method for assessing the systolic and diastolic functions of the left ventricle.

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[Determination of the diastolic function of the left ventricle in post-infarction patients using a complex echocardiographic index].

The diastolic function of 25 patients with ischemic heart disease was studied by both digitized M-mode and Doppler echocardiography. The control groups were a group of healthy subjects and patients with hypertension, resp. There was a significant difference in the diastolic parametres of the healthy and the diseased groups. The altered diastolic function of the latter showed, however, little variation. A new complex diastolic index was formed from the parametres involved in Doppler and M-mode echocardiography. It contains early and late diastolic filling rates, the isovolumic relaxation period, and the diametric change of the left ventricle during the isovolumic relaxation period. This index allowed us to separate the altered diastolic functions of patients with ischemic heart disease from those with left ventricular hypertrophy.

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[Reproducibility of the Doppler spectrum of the left ventricular stroke volume].

The left ventricular stroke volume was determined in 15 healthy male volunteers of the same age (21-23 yrs). The systolic function was characterized by six, the diastolic function by five parameters. The diameter and the cross-sectional areas of the outflow tract were determined. Intraobserver, interobserver and day-to-day variability of these parameters were investigated. The reproducibility was tested by 4 statistical methods. The significance of the differences between the mean values was determined, as well as the percentual difference of the mean values and of the variation coefficients. Linear regression analysis was done and the correlation coefficient was determined for each parameter. The variation coefficient could be regarded as the best statistical method for characterizing the reproducibility. Thus the simplest, directly measured Doppler parameters gave the best reproducibility. The reproducibility of the complex, calculated parameters was poorer. Comparing the intra- and interobserver reproducibility error, the former one was less.

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