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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pregnancy Hypertens. 2011 Dec 2;2(2):84–92. doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2011.11.002

Figure 1. Echocardiographic landmarks.

Figure 1

B-mode image of the left ventricle (LV) short axis (SAX) and resulting M-mode image showing the projection obtained for measurement of stroke volume and other parameters. In particular, note the position of the mitral valve papillary muscles at 2 and 4 o’clock used to establish correct and consistent transducer positioning.