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Figure 1 Example of the measurement of systolic (Sm), early diastolic (Em), and late diastolic mitral annular (Am) velocities at the septal site of the mitral annulus by colour coded tissue Doppler imaging. Note low mitral annular velocities suggestive of left ventricular dysfunction in a patient with chronic heart failure.
