Screening for rheumatic heart disease: quality and agreement of focused cardiac ultrasound by briefly trained health workers

Table 1 Twelve step focused cardiac ultrasound protocol for assessment of regurgitation

View	Valve	Mode	Identify regurgitation	Measure longest jet
1. PLAX	Mitral	2D
	Mitral	CD	Yes	Yes
	Aortic	2D
	Aortic	CD	Yes	Yes
2. PSAX	Aortic	2D
	Aortic	CD	Yes	No
	Mitral	2D
	Mitral	CD	Yes	No
3. Apical	Mitral	2D
	Mitral	CD	Yes	Yes
	Aortic	2D
	Aortic	CD	Yes	Yes

PLAX parasternal long-axis view, PSAX, parasternal short-axis view, 2D two-dimensional imaging mode, CD, color Doppler mode

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