title: Mitral prosthetic inflow mimicking severe aortic regurgitation.
abstract: We describe two patients in whom mitral valve prosthetic inflow mimicked severe aortic regurgitation. Repeat transthoracic echocardiography using multiple transducer angulations and a narrow color Doppler sector angle in one patient and a color Doppler M-Mode study in the second patient proved useful in excluding the presence of severe aortic regurgitation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
authors.forename: Gurpreet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baweja
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Anil K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hans
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liguori
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fadel
authors.forename: Harvinder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dod
authors.forename: Barugur
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ravi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*