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The A-dip of aortic regurgitation
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The A-dip of aortic regurgitation

Bahaa M Fadel, Dalia Ahmed, Bader Almahdi and Giovanni Di Salvo
Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), Vol.30(10), pp.1234-1235
11/2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.12357
PMID: 24033724

Abstract

Adult Aortic Valve Insufficiency - diagnostic imaging Aortic Valve Insufficiency - physiopathology Blood Flow Velocity Diastole Echocardiography Female Hemodynamics Humans
Careful analysis of the aortic regurgitation (AR) Doppler signal often provides important information regarding left heart hemodynamics. Here we illustrate a pattern on the AR signal, known as the A-dip that suggests the presence of elevated LVEDP.

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