Normal Echocardiographic Measurements in a Korean Population Study: Part II. Doppler and Tissue Doppler Imaging.
10.4250/jcu.2016.24.2.144
- Author:
Jin Oh CHOI
1
;
Mi Seung SHIN
;
Mi Jeong KIM
;
Hae Ok JUNG
;
Jeong Rang PARK
;
Il Suk SOHN
;
Hyungseop KIM
;
Seong Mi PARK
;
Nam Jin YOO
;
Jung Hyun CHOI
;
Hyung Kwan KIM
;
Goo Yeong CHO
;
Mi Rae LEE
;
Jin Sun PARK
;
Chi Young SHIM
;
Dae Hee KIM
;
Dae Hee SHIN
;
Gil Ja SHIN
;
Sung Hee SHIN
;
Kye Hun KIM
;
Jae Hyeong PARK
;
Sang Yeub LEE
;
Woo Shik KIM
;
Seung Woo PARK
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. parksmc@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Transthoracic echocardiography;
Doppler;
Tissue Doppler;
Normal population;
Reference value
- MeSH:
Deceleration;
Echocardiography*;
Echocardiography, Doppler;
Female;
Hemodynamics;
Humans;
Male;
Reference Values
- From:Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound
2016;24(2):144-152
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Hemodynamic and functional evaluation with Doppler and tissue Doppler study as a part of comprehensive echocardiography is essential but normal reference values have never been reported from Korean normal population especially according to age and sex. METHODS: Using Normal echOcaRdiographic Measurements in a KoreAn popuLation study subjects, we obtained normal reference values for Doppler and tissue Doppler echocardiography including tricuspid annular velocities according to current guidelines and compared values according to gender and age groups. RESULTS: Mitral early diastolic (E) and late diastolic (A) velocity as well as E/A ratio were significantly higher in women compared to those in men. Conversely, mitral peak systolic and late diastolic annular velocity in both septal and lateral mitral annulus were significantly lower in women compared to those in men. However, there were no significant differences in both septal and lateral mitral early diastolic annular (e') velocity between men and women. In both men and women, mitral E velocity and its deceleration time as well as both E/A and E/e' ratio considerably increased with age. There were no significant differences in tricuspid inflow velocities and tricuspid lateral annular velocities between men and women except e' velocity, which was significantly higher in women compared to that in men. However, changes in both tricuspid inflow and lateral annular velocities according to age were similar to those in mitral velocities. CONCLUSION: Since there were significant differences in Doppler and tissue Doppler echocardiographic variables between men and women and changes according to age were even more considerable in both gender groups, normal Doppler echocardiographic values should be differentially applied based on age and sex.
