Transthoracic Echocardiographic Assessment of the Heart in Pregnancy—a position statement on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography and the United Kingdom Maternal Cardiology Society

Table 5 Key measurements for the serial echocardiographic assessment of valves in pregnancy, which most affect decision making (see text)

	Left heart measurements	Right heart measurements
Mitral stenosis	Mean gradient	Estimation of PAP
Mitral regurgitation	Degree of MR LV size and function	Estimation of PAP
Aortic stenosis	LV function	Estimation of PAP
Aortic regurgitation	LV size and function Note if aortic root dilation is cause	Estimation of PAP
Tricuspid regurgitation		Degree of TR RV size and function
Pulmonary stenosis		RV size function
Pulmonary regurgitation		RV size and function Degree of TR Estimation of PAP if PH

LV left ventricle, PAP pulmonary artery pressure, PH pulmonary hypertension, RV right ventricle, TR tricuspid regurgitation, MR mitral regurgitation

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