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. 2022 Jan 12;6(2):ytac012. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytac012

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Echocardiography. Lateral pulsed wave tissue Doppler imaging (PW-TDI) e′ values (9 cm/s) (A) are lower than septal PW-TDI e′ values (11 cm/s) (B), as opposed to normal. This finding is known as ‘annulus paradoxus’ and is caused by tethering of the lateral wall by the thickened pericardium.