PULMONARY VENOUS FLOW PATTERN IN SEVERE AORTIC REGURGITATION WITH DIASTOLIC-SYSTOLIC MITRAL REGURGITATION DETECTED BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

The pulmonary venous flow patterns of true patients with severe aortic regurgitation (AR) (one with 2+ diastolic, 2+/3+ systolic mitral regurgitation (MR), the other with minimal diastolic and 1+/2+ systolic MR) was examined with TEE. A reduced systolic forward flow and an, accentuated diastolic reversal flow were found in each case, irrespective of the amount of MR. According to the first impression it could perhaps be possible to judge the amount of AR on the basis of the VTI measurement of the pulmonary venous flow pattern.