Mitral valve coaptation and its relationship to late diastolic flow: A color Doppler and vector flow map echocardiographic study in normal subjects.

Mark V SherridJosef KushnerGeorgiana YangRichard Ro

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2017)

Late diastolic vortices strike the ventricular surfaces of the mitral leaflets and contribute to valve coaptation, permitted by concomitant decline in transmitral flow.

Keyphrases

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