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#echofirst debate is incoming Can chronic severe mitral regurgitation truly be asymptomatic? If “severe” implies that more than 50% of the stroke volume is regurgitated, shouldn’t that inevitably lead to symptoms? Or does an asymptomatic patient simply not have truly severe MR?

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The points I am trying to make here are that we often face situations where it is difficult to put symptoms into MR context. More often we face MR quantification by eyeballing or using only few parameters without plausibility check! I am well aware as #echofirst operator how difficult it is to quantify severity of MR

Yes if ⬇️ exercise tolerance & exertional dyspnea symptoms are attributable to the MR makes it NYHA class II; harder to know if co morbid conditions that also give sob like obesity or COPD, in which case, exercise Echo to check for amount of MR with exercise & if ⬆️ in PAPs

What is #echofirst severe asymptomatic MR? What NYHA class should be considered symptomatic? Is NYHA class II already enough to call MR symptomatic? @echo_batman @dr_benoy_n_shah @alexsfelixecho @alex1708ander @iamritu

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Above all use volumetrics #echofirst @NMerke

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We do talk a lot about quantification of severity by using our #echofirst tool box, but rarely we talk about our machine settings 👉color doppler needs good resolution for VC and even better for 3D VCA 👉 color doppler often shows color bleeding meaning that color exceeds tissue by overestimating VC or in 3D VCA Never using low FPS for color doppler most simple trick is using tight and high color box 👉 FPS goal 25-30 at least Never trust VC or 3D VCA in low FPS acquisition 👉 use reduced low velocity reject (wall filter) 👉 adapt gain settings 👉 reduce smoothing 👊more tips incoming @echo_batman @argulian