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Review
. 2002 Nov;88 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):iv11-9.
doi: 10.1136/heart.88.suppl_4.iv11.

Assessment of mitral regurgitation

T Irvine  1 , X K Li, D J Sahn, A Kenny
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Review

Assessment of mitral regurgitation

T Irvine et al. Heart. 2002 Nov.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Diagram illustrating the subdivisions of the mitral valve leaflets. Planes indicate conventional multi-plane TOE views.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Principle of volume flow calculations for quantitative Doppler techniques
Figure 3
Figure 3
Calculation of regurgitant volume and effective regurgitant orifice area (EROA) by quantitative Doppler. *EROA by this method gives the mean value for one cycle. LVOT, left ventricular outflow tract; MA, mitral annulus.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Schematic representing the formation of the flow convergence (FC) flow zone.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Example of the flow convergence (FC) phenomenon on transoesophageal imaging of posterior mitral leaflet prolapse with severe regurgitation (arrow indicates FC radius measurement).
Figure 6
Figure 6
Schematic depicting the position of the vena contracta in a regurgitant flow field.
Figure 7
Figure 7
Transoesophageal example of the vena contracta (arrows) in a patient with severe, eccentric mitral regurgitation.
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