Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 465-495, May 2010

Recommendations for Quantification Methods During the Performance of a Pediatric Echocardiogram: A Report From the Pediatric Measurements Writing Group of the American Society of Echocardiography Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council

  • Leo Lopez, MD, FASE, Chair

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York
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  • Steven D. Colan, MD, FASE

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Peter C. Frommelt, MD, FASE

      Affiliations

    • Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • ,
  • Gregory J. Ensing, MD, FASE

      Affiliations

    • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    • ,
  • Kathleen Kendall, RDCS, FASE

      Affiliations

    • Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas
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  • Adel K. Younoszai, MD, FASE

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital/University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
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  • Wyman W. Lai, MD, MPH, FASE

      Affiliations

    • Stanley Morgan Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian, New York, New York
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  • Tal Geva, MD, FASE

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital Boston/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Keywords: Pediatric quantification, Measurements, Z scores, Normative database

Abbreviations: A area, Area under mitral inflow Doppler curve during atrial contraction, A wave, Mitral inflow Doppler component during atrial contraction, a′ wave, Annular tissue Doppler component during atrial contraction, Ar wave, Systemic/pulmonary venous flow reversal during atrial contraction, AoV, Aortic valve, ASE, American Society of Echocardiography, AV, Atrioventricular, BSA, Body surface area, CHD, Congenital heart disease, D wave, Systemic/pulmonary venous Doppler component during diastole, dP/dt, First derivative of pressure with respect to time, E area, Area under mitral inflow Doppler curve during early diastole, E wave, Mitral inflow Doppler component during early diastole, e′ wave, Annular tissue Doppler component during early diastole, EF, Ejection fraction, IVC, Inferior vena cava, IVCT′, Isovolumic contraction time from tissue Doppler evaluation, IVRT, Isovolumic relaxation time from blood flow Doppler evaluation, IVRT′, Isovolumic relaxation time from tissue Doppler evaluation, L, Left ventricular length, LA, Left atrial, LV, Left ventricular, MRI, Magnetic resonance imaging, MV, Mitral valve, PFRSV, Peak filling rate/stroke volume, PV, Pulmonary valve, RA, Right atrial, RV, Right ventricular, s′ wave, Annular tissue Doppler component during systole, S wave, Systemic/pulmonary venous Doppler component during systole, SF, Shortening fraction, TAPSE, Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, 3D, Three-dimensional, TV, Tricuspid valve, 2D, Two-dimensional, V, Ventricular volume, VTI, Velocity-time integral

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PII: S0894-7317(10)00266-X

doi:10.1016/j.echo.2010.03.019

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 465-495, May 2010

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