Are you able to detect dyssynchrony with the help of 2D echocardiography?

Mitral regurgitation occurs during systole. However, a certain amount of backflow may also occur shortly before the onset of contraction (presystolic). Predisposing factors are high left-ventricular pressures and the presence of a first degree AV block.

Learn from a case about the impact of LBBB on left ventricular function and LV ejection fraction calculation.

We think that echo plays a role in selecting patients for cardiac resynchronization therapy. In this clinical case, it made all the difference.