Color artifact mimicking mitral regurgitation
by Nanda Navin C

Comprehensive Textbook of Echocardiography

by Navin C Nanda
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This video clip shows two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. Arrow points to blue signals in the left atrium mimicking mitral regurgitation. The signals are extremely brief in duration and extend beyond the wall of the left atrium and this feature differentiates it from true mitral regurgitation. (LA: Left atrium; LV: Left ventricle; RA, Right atrium; RV: Right ventricle).

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