Panel A shows Doppler color-flow mapping of a small mitral-regurgitation jet (orange and yellow) (top), a finding consistent with trace mitral regurgitation. The Doppler flow-velocity profile of ...

Mitral regurgitation can be confirmed by an echocardiogram. Usually a Doppler echo shows the leaking of blood back into the left atrium. Echo can be also used to measure the chamber sizes and the ...