Mitral regurgitation (MR) is the term used for (abnormal) systolic retrograde flow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium (LA). MR occurs either due to disease involving the mitral ...

Background Although the prognostic implications of severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are well recognised, they are less clear ...

The murmur produced by an atrial septal defect is due to increased flow ... a mid-systolic click usually followed by a uniform, high-pitched murmur. The murmur is actually due to mitral ...

Phase velocity flow sequences ... which is accompanied by systolic motion of the anterior mitral leaflet (dashed arrow) and a late, posteriorly-directed jet of mitral regurgitation, as best ...