Changes in Mitral Annular Ascent with Worsening Echocardiographic Parameters of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function

Figure 3

MAa M-mode images are shown to demonstrate the observed differences in MAa. (a) shows the M-mode tracing that is a representative MAa image of a patient with stage 1 LVDD. (b) demonstrates a representative MAa of a patient with stage 2 LVDD and (c) an MAa tracing of a patient with stage 3 LVDD. Solid lines represent site of measurement while the arrows represent actual MAa measure. Please note the relative magnitude of each MAa by the size of the arrow.