I'm going to show you a couple of other views in the parasternal short axis, looking at the mitral valve both in the 2D color and M-mode. In this slide, we can see a 2D and 2D color view of the ...

Parasternal short-axis view Left third or fourth intercostal space, adjacent to sternum 2 o’clock 10–14 At mitral-valve level, place probe perpendicular to chest wall; at midpapillary level ...

Mitral valve prolapse (Barlow’s disease) is a connective tissue disorder which results in the valve leaflets becoming redundant causing prolapse into the left atrium during systole. This can ...

Degenerative disease is the most common form of organic mitral-valve disease in the United ... Panel A, in the parasternal long-axis view, shows the superior displacement of the leaflets above ...