Screening for rheumatic heart disease: The reliability of anterior mitral valve leaflet thickness measurement.

Luke David HunterCarl J LombardMark J MonaghanGuy W LloydBrandon M FranckeissAlfonso J K PecoraroAnton F DoubellPhilip G Herbst

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2020)

The WHF AMVL measurement is only moderately repeatable within readers and demonstrates poor reproducibility that was not improved by the addition of a zoom-optimized protocol. Given our study findings, we cannot advocate the current WHF AMVL measurement as a reliable assessment for RHD.

Keyphrases

mitral valve
randomized controlled trial
left atrial
pulmonary hypertension
aortic valve
heart failure
atrial fibrillation