Sentence examples for wave examination from inspiring English sources
In the current study, the number of images for each shear wave examination has been increased from two to four and as a result, in a subset of 30 patients, the intraclass correlation coefficient for agreement between two operators improved to 0.87 (95% CI 0.75 0.94).
The two operators in this subset analysis had both undergone applications training spread over 1 week, followed by 3 months experience of performing shear wave examinations.
There are several basic pitfalls when performing shear wave examinations, such as exerting excess pressure with the probe, not holding the probe still for at least 10 s to allow the elastography image to build, and not placing and sizing the region of interest (ROI) appropriately.
When appropriate, F-wave examination of the same nerves was carried out by delivering 20 random stimuli and minimal latency was corrected by height.
High-frequency (>7 MHz) linear array transducers and color Doppler imaging and pulsed wave Doppler examination are often useful for this purpose.
The pulsed wave Doppler examination of blood flow velocity was recorded in the LAD at rest and after maximum vasodilation by adenosine infusion (140 μg/kg/min for three to five minutes).
Waves causing an increase in area were classified as compression waves and those causing a decrease in area as expansion waves by examination of dA± plots.
TEE before weaning off CPB confirmed normal opening of the bioprosthetic mitral valve, and pulsed-wave Doppler examination revealed a mitral pressure gradient of 3 mmHg.
Wave 3 examinations started in July 2009.
More complete data will be available when we finish the Wave 3 examinations in 2012.
LVDD was defined as such by experienced readers in the echocardiographic exam summary and was determined according to accepted guidelines at the time of the study performance [ 19, 20], through assessment of cardiac function by pulsed-wave Doppler examination of mitral inflow and Doppler tissue imaging of the mitral annulus.
