Stress Doppler echocardiography may be used in patients ... Since the patient is asymptomatic and has a high risk of mitral valve replacement, a watchful waiting strategy is preferred.

Doppler recordings of mitral gradient and transtricuspid velocity are obtained at peak exercise. Valve diseases are mostly dynamic and this dynamic component is best appreciated by exercise ...

The two most important measurements made on echocardiography are the pressure half-time and the mitral valve area. Because transmitral flow velocities can be directly measured with Doppler ...