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Figure 1 Recording of the mitral flow (MF) velocity curve (upper panel) and pulmonary venous flow (PVF) velocity curve (lower panel) in a patient with acute myocardial infarction. Deceleration time of mitral flow velocities in early diastole is measured from peak of early diastolic flow (E) to extrapolation of slope of velocity deceleration to baseline. Deceleration time of pulmonary vein flow velocities in diastole is measured from peak of diastolic forward flow (D) to extrapolation of slope of velocity deceleration to baseline. ECG = electrocardiogram.
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