Employing the parasternal long-axis view as the gold standard, 44% of the patients were found to have MVP, 6% had mitral regurgitation without prolapse, and 50% had a normal examination. Sensitivity and specificity of cardiac findings varied considerably. The constellation of a non-ejection ...
Parasternal Short Axis Surface Anatomy For the parasternal short axis view the transducer is applied to a similar position on the precordium as used for the long axis view. However, the transducer marker points to the patient’s left shoulder. This corresponds to approximately 90 degrees of ...
Two aortic valves in the parasternal long-axis view: Aortic dissection or artifact?doi:10.1111/echo.13765Mohammed AyanSrikanth VallurupalliJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Methods One hundred forty consecutive patients referred to our outpatient clinics were prospectively enrolled to measure LAd from the long-axis view on two-dimensional echocardiography. LA orthogonal dimensions were also taken from apical four- and two-chamber views. LAV was measured using the Simpson...