6-6 Cardiology
Types Tools Descriptions Methods or formulae
RVOT Diam
Right Ventricular outflow tract
Diameter
MV E Amp
Amplitude of the Mitral Valve E
wave
MV A Amp
Amplitude of the Mitral Valve A
wave
MV E-F Slope Mitral Valve E-F slope
Slope in M General
Measurements
MV D-E Slope Mitral Valve D-E slope
MV DE
Amplitude of the Mitral Valve DE
wave
Distance in M General
Measurements
MCS Mitral Valve Cusp Separation
EPSS
Distance between point E and the
interventricular septum
PEd Pericardial effusion at diastole
PEs Pericardial effusion at systole
LVPEP Left Ventricular pre-ejection period
Time in M General
Measurements
LVET Left Ventricular ejection time
RVPEP
Right Ventricular pre-ejection
period
RVET Right Ventricular ejection time
HR Heart Rate
Heart Rate in M General
Measurements
Diastole
End-diastolic Left Ventricular
Measurement
Parallel method in M mode
Systole
End-systolic Left Ventricular
Measurement
TAPSE
Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic
Excursion
Distance in M General
Measurements
Calculation
LA/Ao
Left Atrium Diameter/Aorta
Diameter
LA Diam (cm) / Ao Diam
(cm)
Ao/LA
Aorta Diameter/Left Atrium
Diameter
Ao Diam (cm) / LA Diam
(cm)
Study See below
6.3.3 Doppler Cardiac Measurements
Types Tools Descriptions Methods or formulae
Measurement
MV Vmax
Mitral Valve Maximum
Velocity
D Vel in Doppler General
Measurements
MV E Vel Mitral Valve E-wave Velocity
MV A Vel Mitral Valve A-wave Velocity