The Yin-Yang Sign of Severe Mitral Regurgitation
Pankaj Malhotra, Jonathan Yap, Edris Aman
1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817 USA. jhrogers@ucdavis.edu.
Abstract:
In select patients with severe, eccentric mitral regurgitation, we have observed that the regurgitant jet may entrain blood along the left atrial wall to produce a Chinese yin-yang symbol on color Doppler. This clinical imaging series demonstrates this unique phenomenon in an 81-year-old woman with symptomatic, severe, functional mitral regurgitation secondary to non-ischemic cardiomyopathy who was referred for transcatheter mitral valve repair. The yin-yang symbol resolved on transthoracic echocardiography after placement of 2 MitraClip NTR devices.
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