Appendix A  Technical Description 
Instructions for Use  A - 31 
Application-Specific Measurements and Calculations  
Cardiac 
  2D-mode measurement labels include specific labels for Mitral Valve Function, Aortic Valve 
Function, Pulmonary Valve Function, Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area (Mitral 
Regurgitation), Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area (Mitral Stenosis), Left Ventricular 
Dimensions, Left Ventricular (Truncated Ellipse), Left Ventricular Mass (Area and Length), 
Cardiac Output  
  2D-mode calculation labels including: Cardiac Index, Cardiac Output, End Diastolic Velocity 
and End Systolic Velocity, Ejection Fraction, Fractional Shortening, Stroke Index, Stroke 
Volume, thickness of the myocardium (t), short-axis radius (b), Aortic Root/Left Atrium, Left 
Ventricular Mass Index, Left Ventricular Mass (Truncated Ellipse), Left Ventricular Mass 
(Area and Length), Left Atrial Volume (Area and Length, Simpson Bi-Plane, Ellipsoid), Right 
Atrial Volume (Area and Length, Simpson Single Plane) 
  M-mode measurement labels include specific labels for Aortic Valve/Left Atrium (M-mode), 
Mitral Valve, Right Ventricular Dimensions, and Left Ventricular Dimensions 
  M-mode calculation labels including Cardiac Index, Cardiac Output, End Diastolic Velocity 
and End Systolic Velocity, Ejection Fraction, Aortic Root/Left Atrium, Heart Rate, Stroke 
Index, Stroke Volume, Left Ventricular Mass, Left Ventricular Mass (corrected), Left 
Ventricular Mass Index, M-mode Velocity of circumferential fiber shortening 
  Doppler measurement labels and calculation include Aortic Valve Function, Mitral Valve 
Function, Tricuspid Valve Function, Pulmonary Valve Function, Pulmonary Vein Function, 
Aortic Regurgitation, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Pulmonary Regurgitation, Mitral Regurgitation, 
Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area (Mitral Regurgitation), Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area 
(Mitral Stenosis), and Doppler Tissue Imaging 
  Left Ventricular Function Assessment, including: Simpson Single Plane, Simpson Bi-Plane, 
Cubed Formula, Teichholz Formula 
  Patient report and worksheet