Vena contracta – Cardiology MCQ
Vena contracta – Cardiology MCQ
Pick the wrong statement about vena contracta:
- Measurement of the Vena Contracta is one of the methods for quantification of mitral regurgitation
- Vena contracta is the narrowest region of the neck of the mitral regurgitation flow at the regurgitant orifice
- Width of vena contracta will correspond to the diameter of the effective regurgitant orifice (ERO)
- Vena contracta is measured in a view with the ultrasound beam parallel to the flow
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vena contracta is measured in a view with the ultrasound beam vertical to the flow, not parallel to the flow. so answer 4. is wrong.
No 4..beam should be perpendicular to flow