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Echocardiography

Research findings from Mayo Clinic, Division of Cardiovascular Disease update understanding of echocardiography

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, March 29th, 2007

New research, "The noninvasive evaluation of exercise-induced changes in pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance," is the subject of a report. "During exercise, pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) may increase. The purpose of this study was to examine the responses of PASP and pulmonary vascular resistance by Doppler echocardiography during exercise in conditioned athletes and in patients with pulmonary disease," scientists in the United States report.

"Fifteen participants in each group were evaluated using Doppler echocardiography at rest and during recumbent bicycle exercise. PASP was calculated using 4 times the tricuspid regurgitant...

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