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Research conducted at Sichuan University, Department of Cardiology has provided new information about life sciences
Published in Cardiovascular Week, April 19th, 2010
Research findings, 'Quantification of chronic aortic regurgitation by vector flow mapping: a novel echocardiographic method,' are discussed in a new report. According to recent research from Chengdu, People's Republic of China, "Quantification of aortic regurgitation (AR) using echocardiography is challenging. A newly established echocardiographic method, vector flow mapping (VFM), can directly measure blood flow volume (FV) regardless of rheological characteristics."
"We intended to assess the accuracy of VFM in the quantification of chronic AR. Twenty-one patients with chronic AR, along with 21 healthy volunteers selected as controls, underwent conventional...
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Source: Cardiovascular Week (2010-04-19)
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