A. Jamil Tajik

TL;DR: Patients with previous (>16 days) Q-wave MI by ECG who underwent transthoracic echocardiography found that after 5 years, total mortality and cardiac mortality for patients with IMR were higher than for those without IMR.

TL;DR: A simplified approach to understanding the process of diastolic filling of the left ventricle and interpreting the Doppler flow velocity curves as they relate to this process is presented.

TL;DR: The normal size and phasic function of the left atrium is discussed, the clinically important aspects and pitfalls of evaluating LA size, and the methods for assessing LA function using echocardiography are outlined.

TL;DR: Quantitative grading of mitral Regurgitation is a powerful predictor of the clinical outcome of asymptomatic mitral regurgitation and patients with an effective regurgitant orifice of at least 40 mm2 should promptly be considered for cardiac surgery.

TL;DR: Simultaneous continuous wave Doppler echocardiography and right-sided cardiac pressure measurements were performed during cardiac catheterization in 127 patients and approximately 80% of patients with increased and 57% with normal right ventricular pressure had analyzable Dopplers tricuspid regurgitant velocities that could be used to accurately predictright ventricular systolic pressure.