Friday, July 30, 2010

EJ: Severe mitral regurgitation

Posted today on echojournal.com are three clips of a patient with severe mitral regurgitation. His posterior leaflet is prolapsing and it appears to be flail with a ruptured chordae. On color flow doppler, the regurgitant flow fills his entire left atrium.

Clip 1 - Clip 2 - Clip 3