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what does these terms mean??

what does these terms mean??

I'm a physician and often have to encounter the reports of Echocardiography. My query is " what is the difference between Peak velocity and mean velocity &, Peak gradient and mean gradient. In what conditions these are measured? and what are the significances in the treatment of the patients?
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If you are a physician as you say, why would you be asking such a question on a forum? Any Echo technician would be able to explain these things to you and certainly any cardiologist working with you would be able to tell you. Why are you asking this on a patient forum?
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