In memoriam: Liv Hatle 1936–2023, pioneering echocardiologist

Fraser, Alan G.; Sutherland, George R.; Bijnens, Bart

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jead206

In memoriam: Liv Hatle 1936–2023, pioneering echocardiologist

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Fraser AG, Sutherland GR, Bijnens B. In memoriam: Liv Hatle 1936–2023, pioneering echocardiologist. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Oct 27;24(11):1425-9. DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jead206

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Professor Liv Hatle died in June 2023. In Trondheim, Norway, in the mid-1970s she was the first cardiologist to be given access to a PEDOF Doppler ultrasound system for clinical examinations, which she used to investigate cardiovascular haemodynamics non-invasively. She went on to establish methods for estimating valve gradients, pulmonary arterial pressure, and left ventricular diastolic function, that are still used today in millions of patients worldwide.