Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function by Conventional Echocardiography and Tissue Doppler Imaging in Patients with Acute and Chronic Mitral Regurgitation Kargin Ramazan, Bulut Mustafa, Emiroglu Yunus, Mutlu Halil, Pala Selcuk, Akcakoyun Mustafa, Cevik Cihan, Aung Soe Moe, Özdemir Nihal Journal of Medical Ultrasound Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 122-127 (December 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.jmu.2011.10.004 Copyright © 2011 Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Schema of the tissue Doppler imaging pattern of the left ventricular mitral annulus. Am=late diastolic velocity; CTm=myocardial contraction time; Em=early diastolic velocity; ICTm=isovolumic contraction time; PCTm=myocardial precontraction time; RTm=myocardial relaxation time; Sm=myocardial systolic velocity. Journal of Medical Ultrasound 2011 19, 122-127DOI: (10.1016/j.jmu.2011.10.004) Copyright © 2011 Terms and Conditions