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Figure 4. Color Doppler parasternal short axis, tricuspid annulus
Figure 5. Color Doppler continuous wave, parasternal short axis, tricuspid valve
Figure 5. Color Doppler continuous wave, parasternal short axis, tricuspid valve
Figure 6. 2D parasternal short axis aortic valve

The color Doppler continuous wave interrogation of the tricuspid annulus (Figure 4-5) (with a scan plane slightly lower – Figure 6 – than that used to visualize the coronary arteries, Figures 2-3) shows a high-velocity jet located at the medial tricuspid annulus with a systolic trans-valvular gradient= 130 mmHg. A diagnosis of severe pulmonary hypertension was made. However, at a closer inspection (Figure 5), the duration of the jet appeared to be systo-diastolic (white dashed arrow). Further, careful angulation of the continuous wave beam allowed to discriminate 2 distinct jets: the previously imaged high-velocity jet (Figure 7) and a second lower velocity jet (Figure 8), with a systolic pressure gradient= 23 mmHg.

Figure 7. Color Doppler continuous wave, tricuspid annulus
Figure 7. Color Doppler continuous wave, tricuspid annulus
Figure 8. Color Doppler continuous wave, tricuspid annulus
Figure 8. Color Doppler continuous wave, tricuspid annulus