A modified echocardiographic approach improves reliability of superior vena caval flow quantification.

Benjamim FicialElena BonafigliaEzio M PadovaniMaria A PrioliAnna E FinnemoreDavid J CoxKathryn M BroadhouseAnthony N PriceGiuliana DurighelAlan M Groves

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2016)

Echocardiographic assessment of SVC flow volume by tracing area from a short-axis view and measuring velocity-time integral from a suprasternal view offered an improvement in accuracy and repeatability, building on the traditional approach previously described.

Keyphrases

left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
mitral valve
left atrial
ejection fraction
inferior vena cava
vena cava
heart failure
blood flow
atrial fibrillation