LOINC long common name : Regurgitation degree Aortic valve Angiography;
LOINC short name : Reg deg AV Angio;
LOINC description : Angiography is one method for determining the degree of aortic valve regurgitation.
The Sellers grading system, originally published in 1964, is based on the opacification
of the left ventricle and is still used today. The Sellers grading system is as follows:
1) evidence of a jet of regurgitant contrast material without opacification of
the left ventricle; 2) evidence of a regurgitant jet with faint opacification
of the left ventricle; 3) dense opacification of the left ventricle without
a distinct visible jet; and 4) left ventricle is opacified more densely than
the aorta. [PMID: 14215054];
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