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J Appl Physiol 39: 359-366, 1975;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 39, Issue 3 359-366, Copyright © 1975 by American Physiological Society

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Motion of both mitral valve leaflets: a cineroentgenographic study in intact dogs

A. G. Tsakiris, D. A. Gordon, Y. Mathieu and L. Irving

Motion and position of both mitral leaflets were studied in five normal dogs 1-11 wk after radiopaque markers were sutured on the valve cusps and on the mitral annulus. Cinefluorograms and cineangiograms (100-120 frames/s) of left atrium and left ventricle were used to study cusp motion and intraventricular flow patterns, and to detect mitral regurgitation during sinus rhythm (42-184 beats/min) and during isolated atrial or ventricular contractions. Time-motion of both leaflets was similar throughout diastole with the exception of delayed posterior cusp opening. Peak opening and closing speeds, opening and closing times, and time of complete closure, measured from the Q wave of the ECG, were not significantly affected by the variations in heart rate. Diastolic leaflet closure began immediately after opening, while the ventricular cavity was small, and was caused by flow eddies behind the cusps. Isolated ventricular contractions closed the valve leaflets completely and symmetric valve closure was ensured by the different rates of leaflet edge approximation. In contrast, atrial closure was slow, partial, and of very short duration.


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