Fig. 1
From: Usefulness and growing need for intraoperative transthoracic echocardiography: a case series
Intraoperative TTE view of Case 1 after tracheal intubation (parasternal long-axis view). A posteriorly directed jet of severe mitral regurgitation (a wall-hugging jet) and turbulent flow in the left ventricular outflow tract were seen with color Doppler (right). Further detailed evaluation of mitral valve motion was difficult because of acoustic window limitations (left). LA = left atrium, LV = left ventricle, RV = right ventricle, Ao = aorta