Dr. Bouchard discusses the Leaky Aortic Valve with Dr. Mustafa Ahmed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The most common causes of aortic valve insufficiency in the US are the bicuspid aortic valve and primary disease of the aorta or sinuses of Valsalva. In most patients with chronic aortic insufficiency, the course of the […]
DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Nelson Schiller, Founder of the UCSF Adult Doppler Echocardiography Laboratory and the Adult Congenital Heart Disease clinic. DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: Since its development in the 1970s, Doppler echocardiography has occupied a position of increasing importance in the assessment of patients with valvular heart disease. Continuous-wave and pulsed Doppler […]
Echocardiography with Nelson Schiller: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Alain Bouchard is joined by Dr. Nelson B. Schiller, MD, FACCFounder the UCSF Adult Echocardiography Laboratory and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Clinic. Since its development in the 1970s, Doppler echocardiography has occupied a position of increasing importance in the assessment of patients with valvular heart disease. Continuous-wave and pulsed Doppler measurements, as well as […]