The a-dip of aortic regurgitation.
Echocardiography has become the diagnostic technique of choice for delineating the intracardiac hemodynamics in a host of pathophysiologic states. Pressures and flows can be estimated or measured with enough accuracy to allow for clinical decision-making. We present a case with an unusual Doppler echocardiographic finding and discuss its derivation.
Sethi
Jesse S
JS
Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Shah
Alan
A
Benenstein
Ricardo
R
Rosenzweig
Barry P
BP
Tunick
Paul A
PA
Kronzon
Itzhak
I
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure / Q000502:physiology