Mitral Splay Sign, Its Mechanism and Association With Severity of Regurgitation

ITMO University80 enrolled

Overview

To study echocardiography splay sign in mitral regurgitation and its association with mitral regurgitation severity and doppler band artifact ('seagull cry').

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Mitral Regurgitation

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * any patient undergoing echocardiography for clinical indications Exclusion Criteria: * poor quality of recorded echocardiography study * inability to ascertain severity of mitral regurgitation

Locations (1)

Tarusa Hospital

Tarusa, Kaluga Oblast, Russia

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Presence of mitral splay sign

Logical, Presence of splay sign -- wide linear color doppler artifact on the level of valve coaptation disproportional to the width of the regurgitant jet

Time frame: 1 year

Presence of narrow doppler bands

Logical, presence of narrow bands during continuous doppler echocardiography assessed by two echocardiographers (one blinded)

Time frame: 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Mitral regurgitation severity

Categorical, Grade of severity of mitral regurgitation assessed by echocardiography by two independent echocardiographers

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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