George Thomas Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Echocardiography, Doppler
Department of Cardiology, Saraf Hospital, Kochi, India
Department of Cardiology, Saraf Hospital, Kochi, India, Tissue Doppler is completing 25 years in the year 2014. In spite of the large number of published papers in reputed journals, this has been a specious modality. This is because of the flawed data collection. In tissue Doppler both the measurement and Doppler principles are compromised making the modality totally unacceptable.
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Tissue Doppler at 25: A Learning Journey
Tissue Doppler is completing 25 years in the year 2014. In spite of the large number of published papers in reputed journals, this has been a specious modality. This is because of the flawed data collection. In tissue Doppler both the measurement and Doppler principles are compromised making the modality totally unacceptable. The beautiful play of colors, the impressive wave forms and numbers have misguided us. But the silver lining is that we could learn many lessons from the study of tissue Doppler. Apart from echocardiographic lessons... view moreĀ»