Doppler Mirror Image Artifacts Mimicking Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Mechanical Bileaflet Mitral Valve Prostheses | Zendy

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Doppler Mirror Image Artifacts Mimicking Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Mechanical Bileaflet Mitral Valve Prostheses

Author(s) -

A. Linka

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

european journal of echocardiography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1525-2167

pISSN - 1532-2114

DOI - 10.1053/euje.2000.0024

Subject(s) - medicine , ventricular outflow tract , cardiology , mitral valve , mitral regurgitation , doppler effect , prosthesis , doppler echocardiography , doppler imaging , surgery , diastole , physics , astronomy , blood pressure

To characterize the origin and mechanisms of generation of Doppler mirror images in the left atrium observed in patients with mechanical bileaflet mitral valve prosthesis. We hypothesized that these systolic colour Doppler images are artifactual and generated by reflection of the left ventricular outflow tract flow at the leaflet of the mitral valve prosthesis.

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